Dewle Fulbe
By: Yéro Dooro Jallo ; natal naro yeeso ngal ko Sidy Lamine Dramé wadi dum
Contributors: Dramé, Sidy Lamine; African Language Materials Archive (Project); American Overseas Digital Library
Edition: Electronic edition.
Published: 2001
Language: ful
Subjects: Fula (African people); Marriage customs and rites; Social life and customs; Fula language; Readers; Pular dialect; Texts
Description: Traditional marriage among the Fulbe often involves a long preparation: an inquiry by the future husband's family about the future daughter-in-law; consultation with fetish priests and Muslim holy men about the future wife: is she a lucky or an unlucky charm? is she capable of having children? It describes the engagement period and wedding, the experiences of widows and divorced women, and the financial cost of weddings. In this way, the author brings to light an essential aspect of African culture.

L'auteur nous fait vivre le rituel du mariage chex les Peuls qui est souvent l'occasion de longs préparatifs: enquête menée par la famille du futur époux sur leur future belle-fille, consultation des féticheurs et des marabouts--pour savoir si l'épouse porte bonheur, si elle est capable d'avoir des enfants. Il nous décrit l'ambiance des mariages des jeunes filles tout en passant en revue la situation des femmes veuves ou divorcées, du point de vue des rites, de la vision que la société en a.

Yéro Doro Diallo aussi décrit la charge financière induite par chaque type de mariage. L'intérêt de ce livre réside dans l'éclairage qu'il apporte sur un aspect essentiel de la culture africaine à travers cette description colorée du cérémonial des mariages en milieu peul.

Ndee defter, Kelle 72, wiyeteende 'Dewle Fulbe'. Dewle fulbe ina keewisifaaji. Bindudo ina sifoo dewgal mboomri, dewgal ceemeedo, badtal, baardu e kistal. Peece deftere ndee koo tati tan̲re: góo n̲amal mboomri, Tan̲re didi: yaange mbomri, tan̲re tati: dammbagol mboomri faan daare deftere ndee ko wuurtinde aadaaji fulbe.
Notes: In Pular.

Prepared as part of the ALMA Project (African Language Materials Archive Project) of WARC (West African Research Center), sponsored by Unesco and hosted on the WEB as part of AODL (American Overseas Digital Library), sponsored by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and the American Institute of Yemeni Studies.

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Electronic version of: Diallo, Yero Dooro. Dewle Fulbe / Yéro Dooro Jallo ; natal naro yeeso ngal ko Sidy Lamine Dramé wadi dum. Dakar, Senegal : Associates in Research and Education for Development (ARED), c2000. [67] p. ; 21 cm. 284240047X

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