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The Wolof of the Bas-Ferlo

Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer • 14 • Published In 1961 • Pages: HRAF MS: 38

By: Audiger, Jeanne, Moore, Grace W..

Abstract
This article is primarily concerned with the economic conditions of the Wolof in the Lower Ferlo region of Senegal. Also discussed are the environment, settlement patterns, agriculture, fishing, internal migration and social organization. This region has an almost equal number of Peul inhabitants, who are pastoralists. (Information on this group has been marked for the Fulani file: MS11.) The Lower Ferlo is a poor country and the differing ways of life present problems of social and economic relations. The author concludes by considering recent attempts at change in the area.
Subjects
Settlement patterns
Tillage
Fishing
Internal migration
Standard of living
External relations
Classes
Extended families
culture
Wolof
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Unknown-5
Analyst
Joan Steffens ; 1963
Coverage Date
1957
Coverage Place
Lower Ferlo region, Senegal
Notes
Jeanne Audiger
Translation of: Les Ouolof du Bas-Ferlo
The original French text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Grace W. Moore
LCSH
Wolof (African people)