Distinctive characteristics and common features of African cultural areas south of the Sahara.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Unesco
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Paris : Unesco, 1985.
Series:Introduction to African culture ; 7.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Africa, the culture and the continent / by David Dalby
  • Definition of Fulbe culture / by Djibril Diallo
  • A critical analysis of the criteria or parameters used to define African cultural areas / by Anta Diop
  • The specificities and dynamics of African Negro cultures : the Yoruba area / by I.A. Akinjogbin
  • Cultural specificity and convergence in Madagascar / by Bar- Joana Randriamandimby
  • The West Atlantic coast : cultural convergence and diversity in Sierra Leone and Liberia / by C. Magbaily Fyle
  • Origins, foundations, and evolution of Swahili culture / by Sayyid Hurreiz
  • Some reflections on the cultural specificity and convergences in the different areas south of the Sahara : the case of Zaire / by Sebahire Mbonyinkebe and Kamanzi Bimanyu.