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Marriage and divorce in the customs of the Ouolof inhabiting large towns in SenegalBook 1952 • Chabas, Jean & Scholl, Bernard
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
This article is a discussion of Wolof customary laws regarding marriage and divorce as applied in the native courts and modified French decrees. Part I discusses the conditions necessary for the establishment of marriage and the sanctions imposed for...A Hamitic kingdom in the center of Africabook chapter 1933 • Pagés, G. & Scholl, Bernard
Rwandans • Africa > Central Africa
Books II, III, and V have not been processed for the files. These chapters deal primarily with mythology and historical matters. In the sections processed, the following subjects are treated: Physical and ethnological make-up of the Ruanda, political...French Somalilandbook chapter 1953 • Leroi-Gourhan, André & Scholl, Bernard
Somali • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is an ethnography of French Somaliland. The first nine pages of the study deal exclusively with the archaeology and pre-history of the region. The author touches briefly on pastoral activities, food and food preparation, dwellings, furnishings a...