Genii of the River Niger /

"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 resul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbal, Jean-Marie, 1938- (Author)
Other Authors:	Raps, Beth G.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Subjects:	Cults > Mali. Mali > Religious life and customs. Niger River. Mali > Vie religieuse. Niger (Fleuve) Cults Mali Niger River Brauch Ethnologie Flussgott Niger > Fluss Volksgeneeskunde. Cultus. Cultes > Mali. Mali > Religion. Mali > Moeurs et coutumes. Niger (cours d'eau) Niger (Fluss) Religious experiences
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Table of Contents:

Foreword / Paul Stoller
1. On the River Niger
2. The Emperor and the Magician
3. Between Above and Below
4. Children of the River
5. Live Devils
6. Separate in Order to Heal
7. The Genii Club
8. The Solitude of the Gaw
9. From Experience to Fiction
Thoughts from the Between
Appendix 1 / The Meeting of Sheikou Hamadou and Waada Samba
Appendix 2 / Moussa's Great Deeds
Appendix 3 / The Heinous Crime of Komaiga and Djini Mairama
Appendix 4 / Table of the Principal Plants Used in the Ghimbala
Appendix 5 / A Kanji.