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Hidden meaningsarticle 1989 • Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise
Bambara • Africa > Western Africa
This article explores the construction of gender among Bamana cultivators of Sana Province, Mali. It argues that Bamana notions of gender are rooted in daily practices relating to shared meanings of perhood, marriage practices and gender ideology....Monetization of bridewealth and the abandonment of 'kin roads' to marriage in Sana, Maliarticle 1988 • Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise
Bambara • Africa > Western Africa
This article provides analysis of the marriage process among the Bambara of Mali. It argues that marriage and associated presentations constitute a social universe that not only reflects but also helps to reorder social reality....