Ames, David W.
ms30The use of a transitional cloth-money token among the Wolof
The use of a transitional cloth-money token among the Wolofarticle 1955
ms30Wolof co-operative work groups
Wolof co-operative work groupsessay 1959
ms30Plural marriage among the Wolof in the Gambia
Plural marriage among the Wolof in the GambiaBook 1953
ms30Belief in 'witches' among the rural Wolof of the Gambia
Belief in 'witches' among the rural Wolof of the Gambiaarticle 1959
ms30The dual function of the 'Little People' of the forest in the lives of the Wolof
The dual function of the 'Little People' of the forest in the lives of the Wolofarticle 1958
- Summary
- David Wason Ames was an American ethnomusicologist and anthropologist. He is most notable for his fieldwork in West Africa and for his music recordings of local people, such as the Hausa in Nigeria. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3]
- Born
- 1922-05-30 [3]
- Birth Place
- Indiana [3]
- Died
- 2012-07-31 [3]
- Occupation
- ethnomusicologist [3]
- sociologist [3]
- anthropologist [3]
- Employer
- Illinois Institute of Technology [3]
- San Francisco State University [3]
- University of Wisconsin System [3]
- Educated at
- Wabash College [3]
- Northwestern University [3]
- Country of Education
- United States [3]
- Archives at
- Hoover Institution Library and Archives [3]
- University of Wisconsin–Green Bay [3]
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives [3]
- University of Washington Libraries [3]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 3. Wikidata
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