Family Identity and the State in the Bamako Kafu

"This groundbreaking book explores the history and the cultural context of family claims to power in the Bamako kafu, or state (located in contemporary Mali in West Africa), primarily during the eighte"

List of contents

* Introduction * How Identities Are Formed: The Manipulation of Myths and Cultural Signs * Material Elaborations of The Mande Sytle * The Family (Is) the Pivot of Sudanese Societies, the Center of All Organization: The Bamako Kafu and Mande States * Commerce and Markets in the Mande Style * Bamako Was Not as...We Had Supposed; Bamkao Was Not a Nothing Country * Conclusion: Bamakos French Identity or How Identies Are Formed Revisited

About the author

B Marie Perinbam

Summary

"This groundbreaking book explores the history and the cultural context of family claims to power in the Bamako kafu, or state (located in contemporary Mali in West Africa), primarily during the eighte"

Product details

• Authors: B Marie Perinbam, B. Marie Perinbam, B.marie Perinbam
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1998
• EAN: 9780813336299
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3629-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 1500 bis heute, Afrikanische Geschichte, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, Mali, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Africa / West, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Black & Asian Studies, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity