Distinctive characteristics and common features of African cultural areas south of the Sahara.
Contributors: Unesco.
Series: Introduction to African culture ;; 7
Publisher: Unesco
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Ethnology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Congresses.; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social life and customs -- Congresses.; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Civilization -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers presented to a symposium organized by Unesco, and held in Accra, 1980.
Table of contents: title: Africa, the culture and the continent / by David Dalby; title: Definition of Fulbe culture / by Djibril Diallo; title: A critical analysis of the criteria or parameters used to define African cultural areas / by Anta Diop; title: The specificities and dynamics of African Negro cultures : the Yoruba area / by I.A. Akinjogbin; title: Cultural specificity and convergence in Madagascar / by Bar-Joana Randriamandimby; title: The West Atlantic coast : cultural convergence and diversity in Sierra Leone and Liberia / by C. Magbaily Fyle; title: Origins, foundations, and evolution of Swahili culture / by Sayyid Hurreiz; title: Some reflections on the cultural specificity and convergences in the different areas south of the Sahara : the case of Zaire / by Sebahire Mbonyinkebe and Kamanzi Bimanyu.