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Genii of the River Niger, Gibbal, Jean-Marie, Paperback *Very Good*
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- ISBN
- 9780226290522
- EAN
- 9780226290522
- Subject Area
- History, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Genii of the River Niger
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 1 in
- Subject
- Africa / West, Africa / General, General
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 11.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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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 result is at once an ethnography of cultures in crisis and a poetic evocation of the environment and people he encountered. Gibbal portrays the river as the dominant, cohesive force among people in the face of social and environmental strife. He focuses on the Ghimbala healing cult, which centers on the river, and how the cult structures social relations in the region. Gibbal vividly recreations the Ghimbala rites, nocturnal ceremonies of spirit possession and seance which animate the water spirits, or genii, that inhabit the river. The genii, he finds, provide the strength of social identity in a world where famine and competing versions of Islam threaten to overpower traditional culture. In its original French publication, The Genii of the River Niger was honored with an Alexandra David-Neel literary prize in 1989. Its powerful lyricism, combined with fascinating ethnographic depth, will delight general readers and specialists alike and will stir debates among specialists in African studies, the anthropology of religion, and literature.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226290522
ISBN-13
9780226290522
eBay Product ID (ePID)
89063
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Genii of the River Niger
Publication Year
1994
Subject
Africa / West, Africa / General, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
93-024889
Dewey Edition
20
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
291.34096623
Lc Classification Number
Bl2470.M35g4813 1994
Table of Content
Foreword by Paul Stoller Translator's Note Glossary Preparations 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 Postscript Appendix 1 - The Meaning of Sheikou Hamadou and Wanda Samba Appendix 2 - Moussa's Great Deeds Appendix 3 - The Heinous Crime of Komaïga and Djini Maïrama Appendix 4 - Table of the Principal Plants Used in the Ghimbala Appendix 5 - A Kanji Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1993
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