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children 95, 100, 113 Diabe Cissé 25–27, 28, 80 famine 28, 64, 139gamine 28, 64, 139gamine 28, 64, 139
age grades/sets 26 Diara 41 Farakoro 42
circumcision 16, 18, 104, 108 Diarra, Hawa 102 farmers/farming 33. See also agriculture;
duties 106, 134, 136 dictatorship 130–131 food and diet
Christianity 73, 107 dinars 45, 73, 84–86 early 9–10
circumcision 16, 18, 104, 108 Dinga 25 ethnic groups 20
Cissé peoples 25 diplomacy 51, 125, 132, 133 government and politics 130, 131,
civil wars 55, 69, 131 disease 10, 54, 55, 134–135 133–134
c c clans 19, 27, 139glans 19, 27, 139glans 19, 27, 139 . g. g See also specific clan div legends and myths 29
diviners 139giners 139giners 139
div
class system 27, 53, 93–95, 101, Mansa Musa and 46 Fati 68
111–115, 139g 139g 139 practitioners of 109 Fazari, Ibrahim al- (scholar) 15
c c clerics 95, 113, 139glerics 95, 113, 139glerics 95, 113, 139 sand divination 108–109 f f fertile 139gertile 139gertile 139
climatologists 13 sohanci 115 festivals. See ceremonies and festivals
clothing 51, 84, 94, 99–100, 106 Sunjata and 42–43, 44 finalu 95
coins and currency 33, 34, 46, 49, 73, dogari 83 firearms 73, 74
84–86, 100. See also dinars; dinars; dinars mithqals Dogon peoples 20, 103 fish/fishing 9, 11, 12, 20, 114, 133
colonization 122, 125, 129, 138c Do ni Kiri 42–43 floodplains 11–12, 28, 64
communication 118 donso ngoni 101 fonio 8, 9, 133
Conakry 136 Do peoples 59 food and diet. See also agriculture; farm-
c c concubines 66, 113, 139goncubines 66, 113, 139goncubines 66, 113, 139 droughts 28–29, 139goughts 28–29, 139goughts 28–29, 139 ers/farming
dr dr
Condé,
Condé,
Condé, Babu (jeliBabu (jeliBabu ( ) 96 drums 25–26, 46, 87, 100, 119–120 baobab tree 79
Condé,
Condé, ) 96 D D ) 53, 99–100 burgu plant 114
Condé, Djanka Tassey (jeliDjanka Tassey (jeliDjanka Tassey (
Dugha (jeliugha (jeliugha (
Conté, Lansana (president of Guinea) dunes 9 early 8, 9–10
130–131
dynasty 139gnasty 139gnasty 139 . g. g See also specific dynasty
Condé, Sogolon (mother of Sunjata) 42–44 dy dy government and politics 130, 133
Condé family 104 dyula 19 kola nuts 29, 91, 108, 115
modern 133–134
Convention on the International Trade in Dyula peoples 19, 112 preservation of 61
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna E
and Flora (CITES) 50 Fouta Djallon Mountains 11, 129
Cooder, Ry (musician) 122 economy 10, 13, 84–86, 129–131, 133, Fouta Toro 126
copper 55, 85 134. See also business and industry; France 48, 62–63, 103, 125–129, 138c
corruption 130, 132, 133, 134–135 coins and currency; taxation; trade French Sudan 63
Côte d’Ivoire 19, 52, 74, 112, 126, 129, 131 and commerce Fula peoples 10, 20, 74, 77, 111, 112
coups 131 riots over 132 funéw 95
c c courtiers 139gourtiers 139gourtiers 139 tourism 48, 50, 134–137 G
cowries 34, 108, 109 education 69, 72, 95, 131, 132
crime and punishment 53 Egypt 31, 44, 46, 51 Gabon 127
bribery 68 elections 130 Gambia 19, 89
corruption 130, 132, 133, 134–135 elephants 50, 51, 105, 114 Gao kingdom 60–65, 69, 114, 117, 120.
looting 126 empires 15. See also specific empire See also Songhay peoples
poaching 50, 51 employment 131–132 founding of 17, 20
erg 9g 9g
“truth-telling ritual” 86 er er French conquest of 127, 138c
crocodiles 114 Essuk 72 Mali’s expansion into 17, 20, 45,
culture 18, 19, 69, 129 ethnic groups 18–20, 112. See also spe- 50–51, 55, 57
customs 19, 29, 104–105, 137 cific group Moroccan conquest of 71–74
ethno-historians 14 peoples of 59
D Europe. See also specific country religion and beliefs 115–116
dado 133 exploration and 14, 48, 49, 61, 62–63, 127 Gawgaw. See Gao kingdom
Dakajalan, battle of 138c modern views of Africa 134–135 genies and spirits 25, 106–108, 114, 115,
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Damba, Mah 102 “scramble for Africa” 125, 138c 139gg
dan 101–102 trade and commerce 51 geographers 14–15, 28, 41, 44, 78, 138c.
dance 91 e e excavations 41, 88, 139gxcavations 41, 88, 139gxcavations 41, 88, 139 See also specific geographer
datu 133 exploration 14, 48, 49, 61, 62–63, 127 geography and climate 7, 13, 14, 24m,
Daud (askia) 68–69, 122 28–29, 61, 135m. See also under spe-See also under spe-See also under
death and burial 13–14, 59–60, 72, 82, F cific country or region
88, 89, 106 Faama Da Diarra 104–105 Germany 125
dègè 91, 134 fado 26, 27 gesere 25, 111, 113, 139g 25, 111, 113, 139g 25, 111, 113, 139 . g. g See also bards;
de de Faguibiné (lake) 65 jeliw
deltas 11, 139gltas 11, 139gltas 11, 139
democracy 132 family 119–120, 137, 140g 137, 140g 137, 140 . g. g See also ghaba, al- 87
descendants. See ancestors and descen- ancestors and descendants Ghana Empire 23–39, 72, 86–91, 137,
dants; matrilineal decent clans 19, 27, 139glans 19, 27, 139glans 19, 27, 139 138c. See also Soninke peoples; spe-
c c
Dia 25 class system 93–95 cific ruler, country or city
Diabaté, Sekouba Bambino 102 competition within 28 colonization 129
Diabaté, Toumani 102, 122 “joking relationships” 104–105 decline of 41
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