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Ouolof customs in Cayor (Circle of Thiès)article 1939 • Campistron, M. & Cone, Michèle N.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
This article written by a French colonial official, is similar in content and organization to 4: Fayet of this File. The similarities and differences in customary laws between the two regions under study, Thies and Baol, can be readily seen by compar...Customs of the Moslem Ouolof (Circle of Baol)article 1939 • Fayet, M. J. C. & Cone, Michèle N.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
Fayet, a French colonial administrator, discusses various Wolof institutions such as family, marriage, kinship, property rights, inheritance, gifts, contracts, and liability primarily from the judicial or legal point of view....