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Senegal in former times: second study on Cayor (additional material taken from the manuscripts of Yoro Dyâo)
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire • 3 • Published In 1941 • Pages: HRAF Ms: 51 [Original: 79-99, 124-144 ]
By: Rousseau, R., Moerman, Marianne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source supplements the author's previous presentation of material from the notebooks of a Wolof chief, Yoro Dyâo (see MS30 Wolof, 28: Rousseau; 30: Rousseau; also 38: Gaden). It contains much genealogical information. The first section is a listing and identification of individuals mentioned in the traditional histories. The next section discusses various subgroupings of the population of the kingdom of Cayor, both ethnic groups and families of lineages. Rousseau concludes with his theories on the origin of the Wolof, discussing especially the rules of descent and how these apply to the succession to the throne.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Individuation and mobility
- Lineages
- Ethnic stratification
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chief executive
- 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
- 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)
- Cayor, Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. Rousseau
- Translation of: Le Sénégal d'Autrefois: Seconde étude sur le Cayor Compléments Tirés des Manuscrits de Yoro Dyâo
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Marianne Moerman
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 43021789
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)