From Afar to Zulu: a dictionary of African cultures PDF
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\F\U ZULU \ Uictionapy of African Cultures Haskins lim and loann Biondi Boston Public Library U \Lii 1^ w v^ No longer the property of the Boston Public Library. Sale ofthis material benefited the Ubrary.) ;«».•,V..M r-t „ - Jrom Alar to jCuIu Also available fromWalkerand Company FromAbenakito Zuni: A Dictionary ofNativeAmerican Tribes by Evelyn Wolfson Xrom \4 f Wf£^ to ^* t f^^A DICTIONARY OF '' ^ I AFRICAN CULTURES I Jim Hasktns' ,, ^' 1^^ .# and ' ^ Wf loann Biondi Walker and Company NEW YORK EB BR REF GN645 .H27 1996X ' Copyright © 1995 byJim Haskins andJoann Biondi Allrights reserved. Nopart ofthisbookmaybereproduced or transmittedin anyformorbyanymeans, electronic ormechanical, includingphotocopying, recording, orbyanyinformation storage and retrieval system, without permissioninwritingfrom the Publisher. First published in the United States ofAmerica in 1995 by WalkerPublishingCompany, Inc.; first paperbackedition publishedin 1998. Published simultaneouslyin CanadabyThomasAUen & Son Canada, Limited, Markham, Ontario Libran,'ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haskins,James, 1941- FromAfarto Zulu: a dictionaryofAfrican cultures/JimHaskins andJoarm Biondi. p. cm. ISBN 0-8027-82—90-6 (ha—rdcover). —ISBN 0-8027-—8291-4 (reinforced) 1. Ethnolog)'—Africa Dictionaries. 2. Africa Sociallife and customs Dictionaries. I. Biondi,Joann. 11. Tide. GN645.H27 1995 306'.096—dc20 94-11545 CIP ISBN 0-8027-7550-0 (paperback) The illustrations throughout this book are linocuts based on traditional African motifs and patterns. All illustrations are by Geoffrey WUliams and appear courtesy of Dover Publications. Photographs on the following pages used by permission of the National Museum of AfricanArt, Eliot EhsofonPhotographicArchives, SmithsonianInstitution. Unless other- wise indicated, the photographs were taken byElisofon himself. Page 2 (from the Peres Blancs [White Father's] Mission Collections); 17, 18, 19, 39, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58 and 59 (both byAgbenyegaAdedze), 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 95, 96, 110, 116 (byThomasWeir), 120, 121, 126 (by Edmond Fortier), 131, 135, 153, 154, 155, 160, 165 (by Bonnevide Studio), 166 (byEdmond Fortier), 167 (byDavidWasonAmes), 169, 170, 171. Photographs on pages 7, 85, and 179 appearcourtesyofthe NewYork Public Library Picture Collection. The photograph on page 12 is from the United Nations, used by permission of the SchomburgCenterforResearchin Black Culture, NewYorkPublic Library'. Photographson pages 13 and 26 used bypermission ofUPI/Bettmann. Photographsonpages46 (fromWideWorldPhotos), 105 (fromtheNew York Times), 127, 132, and 178 appearcourtesyofthe NationalArchives, SmithsonianInstitution. The photograph on page 63 usedbypermission ofAP/WideWorld Photos. The photographs onpages 104 and 144 appearcourtesyofthe Librar)-ofCongress. BookdesignbyGlenM. Edelstein Printed inthe United States ofAmerica 2468 97531 10 c ontents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii MAP ix INTRODUCTION 1 Afar 5 Amhara 10 Ashanti 15 Baganda 24 Baggara 29 Bemba 33 Chokwe 37 Dinka 43 Dogon 48 Ewe 56 Falasha 61 Fang 66 Fon 71 Hausa 77 Hutu 84 Ibo 87 Kamba 93 Khoisan 99 Kikuyu 102 Kongo 108 Km 114 1 CONTENTS Maasai 118 Malinke 124 Mbuti 129 Ndebele 133 San 139 Tswana 147 Tuareg 152 Tutsi 158 Wolof 163 Yoruba 168 Zulu 176 Africa's Lost Cultures 184 APPENDIX: AdditionalAfrican Cultures 19 GLOSSARY 199 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 203 INDEX 207 AcknoAArledements The authors wish to thank the following people for their assistance: Olabiyi Yai, Department of African Studies, University of Florida; Dan Reboussian, archivist, University of Florida African Area Studies Library; Ann Prewitt, American Museum of Natural History; Henrietta M. Smith, University of South Florida; Deidre Grafel; Diane Hamilton, photo researcher; Kathy Benson; and Ann Kalkhoff.
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