Book
The Bambara
Presses universitaires de France • Paris • Published In 1954 • Pages: 123
By: Paques, Viviana, Turner, Thomas.
Abstract
This general survey of Bambara culture is one of the series of monographs on African peoples sponsored by the International African Institute in London. The author has done field work in French West Africa. At the time she wrote the book, she was attached to the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique in Paris. This book, however, is based mostly upon published materials rather than personal observations. More than half of the book is devoted to data on demography, tribal groups, language, geography, economics and history. Cultural data include information on family and political organization, religion, birth, initiation, marriage, death, and the arts. The influence of French administration is mentioned throughout the book.
- Subjects
- Descriptive somatology
- Ethos
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Normal garb
- Personal grooming
- Settlement patterns
- Mechanics
- Occupational specialization
- Ethnic stratification
- Life and death
- Mythology
- Avoidance and taboo
- Ethnobotany
- Menstruation
- culture
- Bambara
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Robert Lee ; 1959
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1890-1954
- Coverage Place
- Mali
- Notes
- Viviana Paques
- Translation of: Les Bambara
- Translated for the HRAF files by Thomas Turner in 1960
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-119)
- LCCN
- a 55008332
- LCSH
- Bambara (African people)