Studia Africana

Papers in Honour of Sergio Baldi

Edited by: Gian Claudio Batic, Rudolf Leger. With a preface by: Rudolf Leger, Gian Claudio Batic. With contributions by: Flavia Aiello, Gian Claudio Batic, Anna Belova, Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Hadidja Konaï, Mariusz Kraśniewski, Rudolf Leger, Aliyu Mu’azu, Nina Pawlak, Stanislaw Piłaszewicz, Olga Stolbova, Maddalena Toscano, Henry Tourneux, Rainer Voßen, Georg Ziegelmeyer.

Series: TIAS Topics in Interdisciplinary African Studies Volume 46

CONTENTS

Rudolf Leger / Gian Claudio Batic: Foreword

List of publications by Sergio Baldi

Flavia Aiello / Maddalena Toscano: On some Swahili ICT terms

Gian Claudio Batic: Of direction, will, and intention – An analysis of Hausa nufa

Anna Belova: Lexique culturel en Afrique nord-orientale (termes de « l’or » et ses espèces)

Herrmann Jungraithmayr: Seven precious findings in Chadic after 60 years of research – Eine Blütenlese

Mariusz Kraśniewski: The revolution in Hausa music – Hip-hop: The Arewa chapter

Rudolf Leger: Superstitious beliefs among the Kupto

Aliyu Mu’azu: The interference of first language over second language – A case of some phonological process among Ebira speaking Hausa

Nina Pawlak: Measuring the content of happiness – Semantic notions coded in the Hausa word lafiya

Stanisław Piłaszewicz: The mission of Mahdi Musa – An analysis of a poem by Alhaji Umaru

Olga Stolbova: More links between Chadic, Cushitic and Omotic (animal names)

Henry Tourneux / Hadidja Konaï: Les formules d’ouverture et de clôture des contes peuls du Diamaré (Cameroun)

Rainer Vossen: Origin and development of bird names in Kxoe (Kalahari Khoe) – Some preliminary thoughts

Georg Ziegelmeyer: On the idiomaticity of Kanuri bu ‘eat’ and ya ‘drink’ – A case of calquing from Hausa?

Under this link you will find further Festschriften and obituary collections for renowned scholars published in our programme.

Accompanying material:

• African Linguistics in the 21st Century (ISBN 978-3-89645-765-3)
• Chadic and Hausa Linguistics (ISBN 978-3-89645-043-2)
• Kanuri, Borno and Beyond (ISBN 978-3-89645-892-6)
• Studia Chadica (ISBN 978-3-89645-195-8)
• Studia Chadica et Hamitosemitica (ISBN 978-3-927620-87-2)

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