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The Mossi of the Upper VoltaBook 1964 • Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival)
Mossi • Africa > Western Africa
This document presents an intensive study of the political development of the Mossi people, a Sudanese negroid group occupying the Republic of the Upper Volta, West Africa. The author gathered his data in the Upper Volta Republic between November 195...Trade and market among the Mossi peoplebook chapter 1962 • Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival)
Mossi • Africa > Western Africa
According to Skinner, the Mossi kingdoms with their elaborate class system and hierarchical administrative apparatus derive much of their wealth and power from regulating and managing both internal and external Mossi market commerce: taxation and tri...African urban life: the transformation of OuagadougouBook 1974 • Skinner, Elliott P. (Elliott Percival)
Mossi • Africa > Western Africa
This book analyzes main features of 'African urbanism' by focusing on Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso (formerly called Uppr Volta), as an example. The author views Ouagadougou as a node where a whole complex network of economic, social, and poli...