Faculty Publications - African Studies
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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 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 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 Shirts that Mande Hunters Wear(UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies Center, 1982) McNaughton, PatrickItem 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, EileenItem Radio Hargeysa and Somali Oral Poetry(Cultural Survival, 1983) Johnson, John WilliamItem La sémantique du temps en KinyaRwanda(Société d’études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France (SELAF), 1983) Botne, Robert D.In this study the author endeavors to differentiate and describe the temporal functions of various verbal prefixes in KinyaRwanda. These morphemes are shown to constitute diverse semantic (temporal) systems—vector and segmental—which, when juxtaposed, determine the particular tense relations in any verbal expression. Of particular significance, the analysis demonstrates that verbal morphemes do not, in all cases, have a unique, absolute meaning or function, but shift according to the semantic context in which they are used.Item On the notion “inchoative verb” in KinyaRwanda(Société d’études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France (SELAF), 1983) Botne, Robert D.Certain verbs in KinyaRwanda—kú-rwáàrà “to be(come) sick” and gú-túùrà “to live/reside,” for example—have been considered by many linguists (cf. Coupez 1980, Overdulve 1976, Kimenyi 1973) to be stative verbs. The present analysis suggests that it would be better to consider them as “inchoative verbs,” of which three sub-classes can be defined according to linguistic evidence proper to KinyaRwanda itself. The significant aspect of the characterization of inchoatives is the punctual nature attributed to the nucleus of the events named by these verbs; a phenomenon which determines to a great extent their observed linguistic behaviour.Item The Semantics of Tense in Kinyarwanda(Department of Linguistics and the African Studies Center, The University of California Los Angeles, 1983-12) Botne, RobertItem The Observance of All Souls' Day in the Guinea-Bissau Region: A Christian Holy Day, an African Harvest Festival, an African New Year's Celebration, or All of the above (?)(African Studies Association, 1984) Brooks, George E.Item The Observance of All Souls' Day in the Guinea-Bissau Region: A Christian Holy Day, an African Harvest Festival, an African New Year's Celebration, or All of the Above (?)(African Studies Association, 1984) Brooks, George E.Item Early 20th Century Published Swahili Prose Texts and the Europeanization of Swahili Prose Genres(1984) Rollins, Jack D.Item Early 20th Century Swahili Prose Narrative Structure and Some Aspects of Swahili Ethnicity(Eckhard Breitinger and Reinhard Sander, 1985) Rollins, Jack D.Item Power, Cloth and Currency on the Loango Coast(African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1986) Martin, Phyllis M.Cloth was a basic resource for the peoples of the Loango Coast throughout their precolonial history. It was used in daily life for furnishings and for clothing; it was essential in landmark events such as initiation and burial ceremonies; it was part of key transactions that cemented lineage and state alliances; and it served as a currency. The importation of European cloth from the sixteenth century began a transition from indigenous, domestically produced cloth to a reliance on foreign cloth, but cloth maintained its significance as a key resource at all levels of society. Access to sources of cloth and control of its distribution were closely associated with the wielding of power, whether by royal administrators, lineage elders, religious specialists or merchant-brokers.Item The Temporal Role of Eastern Bantu -ba AND -li(Department of Linguistics and the African Studies Center, The University of California Los Angeles, 1986-12) Botne, RobertItem Avatars of the Feminine in Senghor, Laye and Diop(Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1987) Julien, Eileen