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 vii
... known about that city . Most of the then current knowledge was derived from seventeenth - century Arabic manuscripts and from the accounts of explorers and travelers . Of the three ethnic groups present in Timbuctoo , the Songhoi were ...
... known about that city . Most of the then current knowledge was derived from seventeenth - century Arabic manuscripts and from the accounts of explorers and travelers . Of the three ethnic groups present in Timbuctoo , the Songhoi were ...
الصفحة 38
... known as Birouqué Kounda . The Mali king , Kankan Moussa , built a palace in Timbuctoo shortly after 1325. The quarter around the palace was called Madougou . The palace has long since disappeared . A large dune on the west edge of town ...
... known as Birouqué Kounda . The Mali king , Kankan Moussa , built a palace in Timbuctoo shortly after 1325. The quarter around the palace was called Madougou . The palace has long since disappeared . A large dune on the west edge of town ...
الصفحة 106
... known to be even stronger " black talkers . " The following account of Mulai , an Arab , of his experiences among the Songhoi of Hombori sheds light on their customs . Mulai professes the usual Arab disbelief in the power of the snake ...
... known to be even stronger " black talkers . " The following account of Mulai , an Arab , of his experiences among the Songhoi of Hombori sheds light on their customs . Mulai professes the usual Arab disbelief in the power of the snake ...
المحتوى
The Rise and Fall of Timbuctoo | 1 |
The People of Timbuctoo | 11 |
The City Quarters | 33 |
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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 magic 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 Sidali sister social society 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