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Item The Family of Miniature Genres in Somali Oral Poetry(Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, 1972-07) Johnson, John WilliamItem The Cattle Industry in Northern Nigeria, 1900-1939(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1973) Okediji, Florence Adebisi BankoleChapter VI of Dr. Okediji's Ph.D. dissertation, "An Economic History of Hausa-Fulani Emirates of Northern Nigeria 1900-1939", plus a map of cattle trade routes, excerpts from a section entitled "Oral Field Evidence", and the questionnaire which she used in interviewing Hausa cattle traders.Item Folklore in Achebe's Novels(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1974) Johnson, John WilliamItem Etiological Legends Based on Folk Etymologies of Manding Surnames(Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, 1976-12) Johnson, John WilliamItem A Bibliography of Africana in the Lilly Library(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1977) Sweetland, James compiler; Gosebrink, Jean E. Meeh ed.Bibliography of Africana materials in the Lilly Library at Indiana University. The Lilly Library contains rare books, special collections, and manuscripts. Of particular interest to students of Africa are examples of early African cartography, texts on exploration and travel, manuscripts, volumes on the slave trade, etc. The majority of material in this bibliography pertains to voyages, exploration, and scientific expeditions.Item Liberation Movements in Southern Africa(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1978) Shamyurira, NathanDiscusses liberation movements in South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in connection with theories of nationalism and discourses about class.Item Aspects of International Relations in Africa(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1979) DeLancey, Mark W. ed.Edited volume which includes: Mark DeLancey, "The Study of African International Relations" Timothy M. Shaw and M. Catherine Newbury, "Dependence or Interdependence: Africa in the Global Political Economy" Ken W. Grundy, "Regional Relations in Southern Africa and the Global Political Economy" J. Gus Liebenow, "The Quest for East African Unity" J. Barron Boyd, Jr., "The Origins of Boundary Conflict in Africa" Patrick J. McGowan and Thomas H. Johnson, "The AFRICA Project and the Comparative Study of African Foreign Policy"Item Somali Prosodic Systems(Horn of Africa Journal, Rutgers University, 1979) Johnson, John WilliamItem Bamana Blacksmiths(UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center, 1979) McNaughton, PatrickItem Artists' Depictions of Senegalese Signares: insights concerning French racist and sexist attitudes in the nineteenth century.(Institut universitaire d'études du développement (IUED) & Société suisse d'études africaines (SSEA), 1980) Brooks, George E.Item "Short Time to Stay": Comments on Time, Literature, and Oral Performance(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1981) Finnegan, Ruth H.Discusses the concept of oral literature as performance, rather than as permanent text. Argues that the performance of oral literature should be seen as an event in time rather than existing in a spatial dimension as text. The author uses examples from Sierra Leone and other parts of West Africa to illustrate her argument.Item South Africa: Human Rights and Genocide (Part I) Biography as Interpretation (Part II)(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1981) Kuper, Leo; Kuper, HildaLeo Kuper's lecture examines South Africa's apartheid system and UN attempts to connect that country's race policies with genocide. Hilda Kuper's lecture discusses the role the genre of biography can play for an anthropologist when interpreting foreign cultures.Item Speaking of Art: a Giriama Impression(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1981) Parkin, DavidFirst lecture in a series to honor Alan P. Merriam, IU faculty member, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist. This lecture was first read at the 24th annual meeting of the African Studies Association, and it discusses art among the Giriama of Kenya.Item Security Problems: An African Predicament(African Studies Program, IU-Bloomington, 1982) Deng, FrancisDiscusses reasons and history of the security situation in Africa in the late 1970s and places the discussion in a historical context.Item The Role of Traditional Rulers in Elective Politics in Nigeria(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1982) Reed, William CyrusExplores the constitutional and political roles that traditional rulers have played in the evolution of Nigerian elective politics.Item Shirts that Mande Hunters Wear(UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center, 1982) McNaughton, PatrickItem Themes in African and World History(African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1982) Brooks, George E.Collection of three papers to offer an overview of major themes in African History. Intended for the general reader and for use as introductory or supplementary readings in college and high school courses in African, African-American, and World History. Papers included: "A Schema for Integrating Africa into World History," "Tropical Africa: The Colonial Heritage," and "The African Heritage and the Slave Trade"Item A Grammar of Genre: Ethnic Identity and the Boundaries of Swahili Literature(1982-12) Rollins, Jack D.Item Of Traditional Tales and Short Stories in African Literature(Présence Africaine, 1983) Julien, EileenItem Heroism in 'A Grain of Wheat'.(Heinemann Educational Books, 1983) Julien, Eileen