Download or read book Genii of the River Niger written by Jean-Marie Gibbal and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-02-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river Niger, a source of life and danger for the people in impoverished eastern Mali, is also the origin of elaborate mythology. From his travels through Mali and down the Niger in a dugout canoe, Jean-Marie Gibbal has created a personal documentary of the cultures of the region. The result is at once an ethnography of cultures in crisis and a poetic evocation of the environment and people he encountered. Gibbal portrays the river as the dominant, cohesive force among people in the face of social and environmental strife. He focuses on the Ghimbala healing cult, which centers on the river, and how the cult structures social relations in the region. Gibbal vividly recreations the Ghimbala rites, nocturnal ceremonies of spirit possession and seance which animate the water spirits, or genii, that inhabit the river. The genii, he finds, provide the strength of social identity in a world where famine and competing versions of Islam threaten to overpower traditional culture. In its original French publication, The Genii of the River Niger was honored with an Alexandra David-Neel literary prize in 1989. Its powerful lyricism, combined with fascinating ethnographic depth, will delight general readers and specialists alike and will stir debates among specialists in African studies, the anthropology of religion, and literature.
Download or read book The River Niger written by Joseph A. Walker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The River Niger written by Ricardo M. Khan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The River Niger written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Narrative of the Expedition to the River Niger in 1841 written by W. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Narrative of the Expedition to the River Niger in 1841 written by W. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Somono Bala of the Upper Niger written by Daniel Harrington and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Somono are an ethnic group specialized in fishing on the river Niger. Somono Bala is an epic story. This is the first ever translation of this narritive from the Maninka language into English.
Download or read book The River Niger written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The River Niger and the Progress of Discovery and Commerce in Central Africa written by A. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Exploration of the River Niger which Led to the Formation of Modern Nigeria written by Maurice Henry Swabey and published by . This book was released on 1983* with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes on the River Niger written by Samuel Crowther and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Niger written by Simon Jesty (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Strong Brown God written by Ted Morgan and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The river Niger written by William Allen and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of an Expedition Up the Niger and Tshadda Rivers Undertaken by Macgregor Laird in Connection with the British Government in 1854 written by Samuel Crowther and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The River Niger written by Markus Fahrner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Niger A Novel Etc written by Simon Jesty and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
