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Senegal in former times: a study of Oualo, the notebooks of Yoro Dyâo
Bulletin du Comité d'études Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française • 12 • Published In 1929 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 110 [Original: 133-211 ]
By: Rousseau, R., Moerman, Marianne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is based on the writings of Yoro Dyâo, a chief in Oualo under the French colonial administration. Rousseau presents the life of Yoro Dyâo, his literary style, sources and publications, then the alterations, omissions and changes he has made in Yoro Dyâo's text. The rest of the source is made up of this text along with Rousseau's running commentary and notes. The fact that Yoro Dyâo represents and writes from the viewpoint of the upper class gives much insight into the social structure at the time. The study dates from the mid 18th century, and much detailed information is given to the internal and external political relationships (Trarza MS24) and the class system. In the latter, data on the BADOLO (commoners) is significantly lacking while nobility, captive and griot categories are discussed at great length.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Territorial hierarchy
- Humanistic studies
- Reviews and critiques
- Classes
- History
- External relations
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Slavery
- Inheritance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Millicent Kim ; 1964
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1750s - ca. 1850s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oualo, Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. Rousseau
- Translation of: Le Sénégal d'Autrefois: étude sur le Oualo, Cahiers de Yoro Dyâo
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Marianne Moerman
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)