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The Fishermen of Guer N'Dar with a note on the Wolof, their speech and secret languages by Henri Labouret
Publications du Comité d'études Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française • (2) • Published In 1935 • Pages: HRAF MS: iii, 82 [Original: 110 ] plate
By: Leca, N., Crawford, Dorothy.
Abstract
This is a description of the life and economy of a fishing village on the isle of Saint-Louis at the mouth of the Senegal River. It is divided into three sections: environment, the people, and work. The main body of the work is devoted to the fishing industry of the village. Detailed descriptions are given of the fishing techniques, boats and equipment, and of the main types of fish caught. Description of the culture, aside from that intimately connected with fishing, is very limited. At the time of publication, Leca was a Brevete of the Ecole Coloniale and of the Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, while Labouret was a teacher at the Ecole Coloniale.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Government Official
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1932
- Coverage Date
- 1932
- Coverage Place
- Guet N'Dar village, isle of Saint-Louis, Senegal
- Notes
- N. Leca
- Translation of: Les pecheurs de Guet N'Dar; Avec une note sur les Wolof, leur parler les langages secrets, par Henri Labouret
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Dorothy Crawford
- LCCN
- ltf91085028
- LCSH
- Wolof (African people)