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Senegal in former times: a study of Toubé, papers of Rawane Boy

Bulletin du Comité d'études Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Française14Published In 1932 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 41 [Original: 334-364 ]

By: Rousseau, R., Schütze, Frieda.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of the political organization and history of the province of Toubé (a land divided between the kingdoms of Walo and Cayor) is based primarily upon the papers of Rawane Boy, a descendant of the chiefly families. Information is also included on the early relations with the French.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history
Territorial hierarchy
Districts
External relations
History
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Joan Steffens ; 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
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Province of Toubé, Senegal
NotesAdditional notes
R. Rousseau
Translation of: Le Sénégal d'Autrefois: étude sur le Toubé, Papiers de Rawane Boy
The original French text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Wolof (African people)