The Primitive City of TimbuctooAnchor Books, 1965 - 334 من الصفحات The Primitive City of Timbuctoo is a report of the life and customs of three major ethnic groups living in this ancient city, as seen by Mr. Miner during a seven months' residence there. The three groups studied were the Arabs, the Songhoi, and the Taurey. The author shows that each of these groups casts its influence upon the religion, customs, mores, education, and life in general of all its inhabitants, e.g., Arabs on Songhoi and vice versa. Mr. Miner has given a very thorough and detailed account of life there. In some instances the details may even detract from the trend of thought. He has used not only first-hand information that he obtained by living with these primitive peoples, but has used extensively many reference books on life there by other authors. The author gives a clear picture of the geographical location of Timbuctoo and the surrounding countries and a very vivid and picturesque description of the marriage and divorce customs of each of the groups. He likewise furnishes interesting details and other information of birth customs, birth rates, death, and burial practices of each of the great groups, reporting numerous of their beliefs in life after death, the types of spirits believed in, and methods of controlling or appeasing the evil spirits. -- From http://www.jstor.org (Oct. 13, 2016). |
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الصفحة 127
... ghoi , as does the practice of circumcision , but indicative evidence is lacking in this instance . The appearance of each new moon is the occasion for women to halloo with a wailing cry which notifies all within earshot that the moon ...
... ghoi , as does the practice of circumcision , but indicative evidence is lacking in this instance . The appearance of each new moon is the occasion for women to halloo with a wailing cry which notifies all within earshot that the moon ...
الصفحة 129
... ghoi “ tricks or treats " phrases still state the amount ex- pected in cowrie shells , now entirely displaced by French currency . You say , " nori iyed " ( six cowries ) to grand- parents , whose gifts in reality may be elaborate if ...
... ghoi “ tricks or treats " phrases still state the amount ex- pected in cowrie shells , now entirely displaced by French currency . You say , " nori iyed " ( six cowries ) to grand- parents , whose gifts in reality may be elaborate if ...
الصفحة 152
... ghoi and Bela cross - cousins but not by Arabs recently ar- rived from North Africa . It is important to note that ababash is not only con- sidered an appropriate term for the half - Bela relatives but is applicable to other cross ...
... ghoi and Bela cross - cousins but not by Arabs recently ar- rived from North Africa . It is important to note that ababash is not only con- sidered an appropriate term for the half - Bela relatives but is applicable to other cross ...
المحتوى
Mating | 187 |
BirthA Family Focus | 217 |
Death and Afterlife | 236 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Ababash Abaradyu age-set Alfa Allah Arab Arab slaves Arma Bambara baraka barbers behavior Bela belief Berabich birth Bourem boys bride brother buctoo bush cadi Caillié camels caravan ceremony charms child circumcision cloth commercial common conflict corpse cowries cross-cousins culture custom Daga daughter deceased divorce Djenné economic ethnic group father feast fetish French Gabibi genii ghoi gifts girl give grave groom Hausa husband huts in-law Islamic Kabara kabi kambu Keyna kola nuts kondey Koran koterey marabouts marriage married Moroccan Morocco Moslem mosque mother native Negro Niger parents pattern person population prayer quarter recognized relatives religious result ritual robes saints salt sand Sankore serfs shea butter shereef siblings Sidali sister social Songhoi Sonni Ali sorcerer status Sudan supernatural taboo Taodeni term Timbuctoo tion town trade traits Tuareg urban vendors Westermarck wife witch wives woman women Yakouba Yoruba