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This text is based upon the author's two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, western Africa.

Table of Contents
Foreword Acknowledgements Note on Transcription Introduction Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe 1 Climate and Technology 2 The Social Organization of Jelgoji 3 Fulani Social Structure 4 Life in the Wuro: Categories of People and Tasks 5 Authority Relations in the Wuro 6 Religion 7 Pulaaku and Semteende: Fulani-ness and Shame Part Two: Life as Lived 8 Jelgobe Attitudes toward Life 9 Keeping Society Going 10 Relations between People 11 How to Resist Others 12 Wuro and Ladde: The Village and the Bush Notes Glossary and Index of Fula Terms Bibliography Index

Freedom in Fulani Social Life An Introspective

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/08/1998
      ISBN13: 9780226717432, 978-0226717432
      ISBN10: 0226717437
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text is based upon the author's two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Burkina Faso, western Africa.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword Acknowledgements Note on Transcription Introduction Part One: The Tawaangal of the Jelgobe 1 Climate and Technology 2 The Social Organization of Jelgoji 3 Fulani Social Structure 4 Life in the Wuro: Categories of People and Tasks 5 Authority Relations in the Wuro 6 Religion 7 Pulaaku and Semteende: Fulani-ness and Shame Part Two: Life as Lived 8 Jelgobe Attitudes toward Life 9 Keeping Society Going 10 Relations between People 11 How to Resist Others 12 Wuro and Ladde: The Village and the Bush Notes Glossary and Index of Fula Terms Bibliography Index

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