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Peuls nomadesBook 1962 • Dupire, Marguerite
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
This classic French ethnography on the Wodaabe Fulani includes information on history, climate, migration, camps, household organization, marriage and lineage systems, naming, and festivities ...The position of women in a pastoral societyessay 1963 • Dupire, Marguerite
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
This investigation into women's rights regarding property, marriage, and inheritance also considers the influence of Islamic law and customs on gender-based power relations....Trade and markets in the economy of the nomadic Fulani of Niger (Bororo)essay 1962 • Dupire, Marguerite
Fulani • Africa > Western Africa
The nomadic people studied herein have a mostly closed pastoral economy, with only a few items produced to trade for outside goods. Cattle, the main source of capital, are primarily property o...