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| Title: | Peoples of the Gambia |
| Authors: | Gamble, David P. Salmon, Linda K. Njie, Alhaji Hassan |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Issue: | 17 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gambian Studies |
| City of publisher: | San Francisco |
| Publisher: | Dept. of Anthropology, San Francisco State University |
| Geographic term: | Gambia |
| Subject: | Wolof |
| Abstract: | This account of the Wolof, a Senegambian people living in the area between the River Senegal and the River Gambia, is intended for the general reader, for the visitor to The Gambia who wishes to learn something of its people, and for the university undergraduate student. It deals with the history of the Wolof, settlement patterns, traditional political organization, social organization, economy, life cycle, religion, oral literature, recreations, conceptions of beauty and the presentation of self, hair styles, dress, Wolof code of behaviour, and social change. It includes appendices on Wolof music on records, the Wolof on film, Wolof greetings, and the Wolof and photography. |