French perspectives in African studies : a collection of translated essays

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French perspectives in African studies : a collection of translated essays

edited with an introduction by Pierre Alexandre ; foreword by Daryll Forde

Oxford University Press for the International African Institute, 1973

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Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

  • The mother's brother in the western Sudan / Marcel Griaule
  • Stylistic study of a Dogon text / Geneviève Calame-Griaule
  • A contribution to the study of blacksmiths in West Africa / G. Dieterlen
  • Symbolic monuments of the Logone-Birni Royal Palace (Northern Cameroons) / Annie and Jean-Paul Lebeuf
  • Blood pacts, age classes and castes in black Africa / Denise Paulme
  • Towards a history of the Yatenga Mossi / Dominique Zahan
  • Traditional social structure and economic change / Georges Balandier
  • The study of marriage and urban research / Paul Mercier
  • Regional studies : thoughts on the monographic formula in human geography / Gilles Sautter
  • Problems of modern political terminology in African languages / Pierre Alexandre
  • On the mode of production of the hunting band / Claude Meillassoux
  • Oral tradition and chronology / Yves Person
  • Food and the strategy involved in learning fraternal exchange among Wolof children / Jacqueline Zempleni-Rabain

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