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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... remains in bed and uses a pottery or calabash vessel as a sort of bed pan . This container is emptied into the hole , which continues to serve the woman as a latrine during daylight until forty days have passed . When the baby's ...
... remains in bed and uses a pottery or calabash vessel as a sort of bed pan . This container is emptied into the hole , which continues to serve the woman as a latrine during daylight until forty days have passed . When the baby's ...
الصفحة 231
... remains inactive for six days . On the evening of the seventh day a large sheep is brought to the hut for the naming sacrifice . Relatives who are of the parents ' generation assemble in the yard en- closure , along with the members of ...
... remains inactive for six days . On the evening of the seventh day a large sheep is brought to the hut for the naming sacrifice . Relatives who are of the parents ' generation assemble in the yard en- closure , along with the members of ...
الصفحة 254
Horace Mitchell Miner. tion and there the deceased remains tranquil until the end of the world . There are also seven levels in the sky . God and his angels live in the seventh heaven . This paradise and the seventh hell are unimportant ...
Horace Mitchell Miner. tion and there the deceased remains tranquil until the end of the world . There are also seven levels in the sky . God and his angels live in the seventh heaven . This paradise and the seventh hell are unimportant ...
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Foreword to the Anchor Edition | 1 |
Characteristics of the Population | 20 |
Hair Patterns of Children | 25 |
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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 Islam Kabara kabi kambu Keyna kola nuts kondey Koran koterey marabouts marriage married Moroccan Morocco Moslem mosque mother native Negro Niger parents patrilineal pattern person population prayer quarter recognized relatives religious 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