book chapter
Nigritia
Description de la Nigritie • Amsterdam • Published In 1789 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 11 [Original: viiiB, 25-50 ]
By: Pruneau de Pommegorge, Antoine Edme, Schütze, Frieda.
Abstract
This is a limited ethnography of the Wolof printed in 1789. The author primarily discusses agriculture, meals, clothing and mourning practices.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Millicent Kim ; 1964
- Field Date
- 1740-1752
- Coverage Date
- 1740-1752
- Coverage Place
- Senegal
- Notes
- Antoine Edme Pruneau de Pommegorge
- Translation of: De la Nigritie
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- LCSH
- Wolof (African people)