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The Tuareg people of Ahaggar Jeremy Keenan

Author:
Keenan, Jeremy 1945-  Search this
Physical description:
iii-xiii, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, map, portrait 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Algeria
Ahaggar Mountains
Algérie
Hoggar
Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)
Hoggar (Algérie)
Tuareg
Date:
1977
Topic:
Tuaregs  Search this
Touaregs  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Toearegs  Search this
Sociaal-economische situatie  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)--Social life and customs  Search this
Geschichte  Search this
Tuaregs--Algeria--Ahaggar Mountains  Search this
Call number:
DT283.6.T83K43X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_110054
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Habiter le désert les Touareg de l'Ahaggar : photographiés par Marceau Gast : 1951-1965 Hélène Claudot-Hawad

Photographer:
Gast, Marceau  Search this
Author:
Claudot-Hawad, Hélène  Search this
Physical description:
238 pages illustrations (some color), maps, portraits 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Algeria
Ahaggar Mountains
Ahaggar Mountains (Algeria)
Date:
2021
Topic:
Tuaregs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160209
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Cultured states youth, gender, and modern style in 1960s Dar es Salaam Andrew Ivaska

Title:
Youth, gender, and modern style in 1960s Dar es Salaam
Author:
Ivaska, Andrew M (Andrew Michael) 1971-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 276 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Tanzanie
Dar es-Salaam
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Daressalam
Tansania
Date:
2011
1960-talet
Topic:
Politics and culture  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Politique et culture  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Jugendkultur  Search this
Kleidung  Search this
Kulturpolitik  Search this
Ungdomskultur  Search this
Könsroller  Search this
Mode  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Sociala förhållanden  Search this
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edanmdm:siris_sil_1145920
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Traditional Moroccan cooking recipes from Fez Z. Guineaudeau ; translated from the French by J.E. Harris ; illustrations by J.E. Laurent

Author:
Guinaudeau-Franc, Zette  Search this
Physical description:
200 pages illustrations 20 cm
Type:
Books
Cookbook
cookbooks
Cookbooks
Livres de cuisine
Place:
Morocco
Fès
Fès (Morocco)
Date:
2003
Topic:
Cooking, Moroccan  Search this
Cooking  Search this
Cuisine marocaine  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Kookkunst  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147930
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Red-spotted ox a Pokot life as collected, translated and edited by Pat Robbins

Author:
Domonguria, Kaparketo  Search this
Author:
Robbins, Martha E  Search this
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
xxxv, 337 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some color), maps 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiography
Erlebnisbericht
Autobiographies
Place:
Kenya
Kenia
Suk (Volk)
Date:
2010
Topic:
Suk (African people)  Search this
Suk (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Herders  Search this
Souk (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Souk (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153361
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Living with pottery ethnoarchaeology among the Gamo of southwest Ethiopia John W. Arthur

Author:
Arthur, John Wood 1965-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 154 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ethiopia
Éthiopie
Äthiopien
Gamo (Volk)
Date:
2006
Topic:
Pottery, Gamo  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnoarchaeology  Search this
Gamo (Peuple d'Éthiopie)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ethnoarchéologie  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Ethnoarchäologie  Search this
Gamo  Search this
Keramik  Search this
Data Source:
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Amkoullel, the Fula boy Amadou Hampâté Bâ ; translated and with an introduction by Jeanne Garane ; with a foreword by Ralph A. Austen

Author:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté  Search this
Translator:
Garane, Jeanne 1960-  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Austen, Ralph A  Search this
Subject:
Bâ, Amadou Hampaté Childhood and youth  Search this
B́, Amadou Hamṕť Childhood and youth  Search this
Physical description:
xxxii, 366 pages map 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiography
Autobiographies
Place:
Mali
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Fula (African people)  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Oral tradition  Search this
Ethnologists  Search this
Authors, Malian  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Tradition orale  Search this
Ethnologues  Search this
Écrivains maliens  Search this
Fula (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153928
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Dogon masks in motion Polly Richards ; with contributions from Walter van Beek, Anne Doquet and Lassana Cisš

Photographer:
Richards, Polly  Search this
Contributor:
Beek, W. E. A. van  Search this
Doquet, Anne  Search this
Cissé, Lassana  Search this
Writer of preface:
Picton, John  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Douyon, Denis Amadine 1958-  Search this
Physical description:
422 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 30 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Mali
Date:
2022
Topic:
Masks, Dogon  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Dogon (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Call number:
DT551.45.D64 R52 2022
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159637
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Les peuples beti du Cameroun origine, ethnies et traditions Vincent de Paul Ndougsa ; préface de Jacques Deboheur Koukam

Author:
Ndougsa, Vincent de Paul 1957-  Search this
Writer of preface:
Koukam, Jacques Deboheur  Search this
Physical description:
441 pages 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Cameroon
Cameroun
Date:
2018
Topic:
History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Beti (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Beti (African people)--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Histoire  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Conditions sociales  Search this
Beti (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Beti (African people)  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159640
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Tam-Tam Avohu / A. Adandé et Pierre Verger

Author:
Adandé, Alexandre Sènou 1913-1993  Search this
Verger, Pierre  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Porto-Novo (Benin)
Date:
1953
Topic:
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Adja oral tradition  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
DT1 .N911
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_750170
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L'art de vivre Marocain traditions et coutumes des communautés musulmanes et juives les auters, Leïla Benallal (épouse Messaoudi) et Mohamed Larbi Messaoudi

Author:
Messaoudi, Leïla  Search this
Author:
Messaoudi, Mohamed Larbi  Search this
Physical description:
283 pages illustrations 33 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Bildband
Place:
Morocco
Maroc
Marokko
Date:
1981
Topic:
Jews--Customs and practices  Search this
Jews  Search this
Muslims--Customs and practices  Search this
Muslims  Search this
Juifs--Coutumes et pratiques  Search this
Juifs  Search this
Musulmans--Coutumes et pratiques  Search this
Musulmans  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Brauch  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145913
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Berber memories women and jewellery in Morocco : through the Gillion Crowet Collections Michel Draguet; attribution and captions, Nathalie de Merode

Author:
Draguet, Michel  Search this
Writer of added text:
Merode, Nathalie de  Search this
Subject:
Gillion Crowet, Roland Art collections  Search this
Physical description:
595 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 34 cm
Type:
Books
History
Pictorial works
Place:
Morocco
Belgium
Maroc
Belgique
Date:
2020
Topic:
Berbers--Jewelry  Search this
Women, Berber--Social life and customs  Search this
Jewelry--Private collections  Search this
Berbères--Bijoux  Search this
Femmes berbères--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Bijoux--Collections privées  Search this
Arts, Berber  Search this
Jewelry  Search this
Women, Berber  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147530
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Villages of West Africa an intimate journey across time Steven House and Cathi House ; foreword by James Warfield

Photographer:
House, Steven 1952-  Search this
House, Cathi 1953-  Search this
Physical description:
304 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 27 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
Africa, West
Afrique occidentale
West Africa
Date:
2018
Africa, West
Topic:
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Villages  Search this
Architecture vernaculaire  Search this
Travel  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160426
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The Akan of Ghana aspects of past and present practices Kofi Ayim

Author:
Ayim, Kofi  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 273 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Ghana
Ghāna
Date:
2015
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Religion  Search this
Signs and symbols  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Akan (Peuple d'Afrique)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Akan (Peuple d'Afrique)--Religion  Search this
Signes et symboles  Search this
Ethnologie  Search this
Akan (African people)--Religion  Search this
Akan (African people)--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Akan (African people)--Social life and customs  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160427
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All our yesterdays memories of a forester in Nigeria, 1950-62 P.W.T. Henry

Author:
Henry, P. W. T  Search this
Author:
Henry, P. W. T  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 208 pages illustrations (some colour) 21 cm
Type:
Texts
History
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
Afrique
Date:
2010
1900-1960
Topic:
Forests and forestry  Search this
British colonies  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Travel  Search this
History  Search this
Colonies  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Descriptions et voyages  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Nigeria--Social life, 1907-1960 - Personal observations  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145989
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The Temne nation of Carriacou Sierra Leone's lost family in the Caribbean by John Angus Martin, Joseph Opala and Cynthia Schmidt

Author:
Martin, John Angus  Search this
Opala, Joseph  Search this
Schmidt, Cynthia E  Search this
Physical description:
67 pages illustrations (some color), maps (mostly color) 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Grenada
Carriacou Island
West Indies, British
Grenade
Carriacou
Antilles britanniques
Carriacou Island (Grenada)
Carriacou (Grenade)
Sierra Leone
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2016
Topic:
Temne (African people)  Search this
Enslaved persons  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Percussion music  Search this
Temné (Peuple d'Afrique)  Search this
Esclaves  Search this
Percussion, Musique de  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146554
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We Alain-Michel Boyer

Author:
Boyer, Alain-Michel 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
125 pages illustrations (some color), map 25 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
Afrique
Côte d'Ivoire
Liberia
Date:
2019
Topic:
We (Ivoirian and Liberian people)--Social life and customs  Search this
We (Ivoirian and Liberian people) )--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Masks, We (Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia)--Social aspects  Search this
Masks, We (Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia)  Search this
Masks, African  Search this
Wè (Peuple de Côte-d'Ivoire et du Liberia)--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Wè (Peuple de Côte-d'Ivoire et du Liberia)--Rites et cérémonies  Search this
Masques wè (Côte-d'Ivoire et Liberia)--Aspect social  Search this
Masques wè (Côte-d'Ivoire et Liberia)  Search this
Masques  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146732
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A flavour of West Africa Alison Brownlie

Author:
Brownlie Bojang, Ali 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
32 pages color illustrations, 2 maps 28 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Juvenile works
Place:
Africa, West
Afrique occidentale
Social life and customs
West Africa
Westafrika
Date:
1998
Topic:
Cooking, West African  Search this
Festivals  Search this
Food habits  Search this
Habitudes alimentaires  Search this
Brauch  Search this
Speise  Search this
Fest  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158058
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Vintage postcards from the African world in the dignity of their work and the joy of their play Jessica B. Harris

Author:
Harris, Jessica B.,  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 141 pages illustrations (some color) 24 x 24 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
History
Place:
Africa
Caribbean Area
Afrique
Caraïbes (Région)
Date:
2020
Topic:
Postcards  Search this
Africans  Search this
Photography--History  Search this
Africains  Search this
Photographie--Histoire  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Photography  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145818
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Masquerade and money in urban Nigeria the case of Calabar Jordan A. Fenton

Author:
Fenton, Jordan  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 382 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) 24 cm
Type:
Case studies
Place:
Nigeria
Calabar
Date:
2022
Topic:
Masquerades  Search this
Masquerades--Economic aspects  Search this
Performing arts--Social aspects  Search this
Mascarades  Search this
Mascarades--Aspect économique  Search this
Arts du spectacle--Aspect social  Search this
Civilization--Economic aspects  Search this
Civilization  Search this
Economic aspects  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
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EDAN-URL:
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