Book

Les Songhay

Presses universitaires de FranceParis • Published In 1954 • Pages: vii, 100

By: Rouch, Jean.

Abstract
This French language monograph provides an overview of Songhai people, culture, and history, including discussions of language, economy (agriculture, livestock raising, fishing), social organization, property, gender, facial tattooing, life cycle, and religion (cosmology, cults, magic). There is an extensive annotated bibliography on the region's geography, archeology, history, anthropology, demography, linguistics, dictionaries, economy, arts, and religion.
Subjects
Identification
Information sources listed in other works
Speech
Linguistic identification
Fishing
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Domesticated animals
Smiths and their crafts
Real property
Retail marketing
Gender status
Castes
Classes
Slavery
Lineages
Clans
Cosmology
Spirits and gods
Magicians and diviners
Religious denominations
Puberty and initiation
culture
Songhai
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2016
Field Date
1941-1942, 1946-1951
Coverage Date
1941-1951
Coverage Place
Niger and Mali
Notes
par Jean Rouch
"Essai de bibliographie analytique": p. [68]-97.
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
a 56000264
LCSH
Songhai (African people)