Tesserae of Borno
Edited by: Dymitr Ibriszimow, Eva Rothmaler. With contributions by: Heinrich Bergstresser, Mártha Galántha, Ludwig Gerhardt, Dymitr Ibriszimow, Doris Löhr, Eldridge Mohammadou †, Christopher Y. Mtaku, Eva Rothmaler, Gisela Seidensticker-Brikay †, James H. Wade, Ibrahim Maina Waziri.
Series: FAB Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2004, Volume 16
2004144 pp.
17 maps, 2 b/w photos, 1 transcription table, 8 tables, 2 drawings, 3 diagrams, 1 figure
Text language(s): English, German
Format: 160 x 240 mm
240 g
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CONTENTS
Editor’s Preface
Gisela Seidensticker-Brikay: Writings of Wilhelm Seidensticker
Heinrich Bergstresser: Reflections on a late friend
Ludwig Gerhardt: Das einzige Mittel richtiger Erkenntnis und friedlichen, freundlichen Verkehrs im Menschenleben – H. Barth und die afrikanischen Sprachen
Dymitr Ibriszimow / Doris Löhr: Types, patterns and kinds of lexical distribution and their correlation
Eldridge Mohammadou: Climate and history in central Sudan, 18th and 19th centuries – Baare-Chamba expansion from upper Benue region (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, C.A.R., Gabon)
Christopher Y. Mtaku: The role of food in funerals in northeast Nigeria – Some selected cases
Eva Rothmaler: The situation of Kanuri in primary schools in Maiduguri
James H. Wade / Mártha Galántha: Weaving symbols – Textiles for the living and the dead among the Fali of the Mandara Mountains
Ibrahim Maina Waziri: The unity of diversity of oral and written evidence in the history of Bole Fika
Under these links you will find further ethnographical and ethnohistorical publications on West Africa:
Accompanying material:
- Bole Language and Documentation Unit, BOLDU Report I & II
(ISBN 978-3-89645-475-1 ) - Environmental and Cultural Dynamics
in the West African Savanna
(ISBN 978-3-89645-478-2 ) - Living with the Lake
(ISBN 978-3-89645-216-0 ) - Ortsnamen in Borno (Nordnigeria)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-465-2 ) - Religion, Myth and Magic in Tangale
(ISBN 978-3-927620-46-9 ) - The Blacksmiths of Kano City
(ISBN 978-3-927620-43-8 ) - Trade, Merchants and the State in Borno, c. 1893-1939
(ISBN 978-3-89645-212-2 )
Cross-reference:
- Die Konstruktion von Ethnizität
(ISBN 978-3-89645-207-8 ) - Heinrich Barth et l’Afrique
(ISBN 978-3-89645-220-7 ) - Kanuri, Borno and Beyond
(ISBN 978-3-89645-892-6 ) - Nationalism and Politics in Post-Colonial Nigeria
(ISBN 978-3-89645-894-0 ) - Siedler am Tschadsee
(ISBN 978-3-89645-218-4 ) - Yoruba Nationalism
(ISBN 978-3-89645-900-8 )
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