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Culture Summaryessay 2010 • Rasmussen, Susan J., 1949
Tuareg • Africa > Northern Africa
This is a culture summary of the Tuareg. Information is presented on major aspects of Tuareg culture....Modes of persuasionarticle 1991 • Rasmussen, Susan J.
Tuareg • Africa > Northern Africa
This article analyzes the role of gossip, song and divination in the articulation of grievances in settings of conflict among the Kel Ewey Tuareg of northeastern Niger. It proposes a frame that looks at different conflict resolution mechanisms not as...Reflections on witchcraft, danger, and modernity among the Tuaregarticle 2004 • Rasmussen, Susan J.
Tuareg • Africa > Northern Africa
This article explores the varied ways witchcraft powers are implicated among the Tuareg of Niger. It argues that witch-like powers are grounded in moral discourse that addresses negotiated social relationships rather than linear temporal transformati...Disputed boundariesarticle 1992 • Rasmussen, Susan J.
Tuareg • Africa > Northern Africa
This essay explores changing meanings of ethnicity among the Kel EweyTuareg of Niger in the context of local perceptions and classifications relating to social classes and hierarchies of persons....Tuaregessay 2004 • Rasmussen, Susan J.
Tuareg • Africa > Northern Africa
This article summerizes notions of health and illness among the Ewey Tuareg of Niger....