The Kuranko: dimensions of social reality in a West African society

Front Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1. Introductory: The Kuranko People......Page 21
2. The Conformation of Time......Page 41
3. The Configuration of Space......Page 55
4. Life and Death......Page 81
5. Male and Female......Page 105
6. Marriage......Page 119
7. Brother and Sister......Page 149
8. Same Father or Same Mother......Page 161
9. The Dynamics of Age Status......Page 173
10. Birth-Order Position......Page 185
11. Crossing the Water......Page 205
12. Cult Associations......Page 247
13. Comparative and Theoretical Aspects......Page 265
Appendix A: Bridewealth Refunded at Divorce......Page 272
Appendix B: Kinship Terminology......Page 273
Bibliography......Page 275
Index......Page 281
Photographs......Page 8
4. Playing wari......Page 26
8. Chief's courthouse at Firawa......Page 27
10, 11, 12. House-building......Page 28
16. Girl performs yatuiye (happiness dance)......Page 207
20. Sewulan......Page 208
24. Yefera kundi dancers......Page 209
28. Four boys just returned from undergoing circumcision......Page 210
Maps......Page 9
1. The Composition of luiye (Kamadugu Sukurela)......Page 69
2. Residence of Agnates (Kamadugu Sukurela)......Page 71
3. Geographical Mobility of Adult Men (aged 35-65)—Kamadugu Sukurela......Page 76
4. Cases Heard in Sengbe Chiefdom Native Court (Kabala) 1946-67......Page 88
5. Morowa's Creditors and Debtors......Page 98
6. Divorce Ratios......Page 123
7. Provenance of Spouses......Page 137
8. Marriage Types......Page 138
9. Polygyny Rates (Kamadugu Sukurela)......Page 164
1. Ruling Clan Lines in Barawa......Page 51
2. Abdul Marah's Household (Firawa)......Page 74
3. Ambiguities in kinship terminology......Page 96
4. Joking Relationships (man speaking)......Page 133
5. Joking Relationships (woman speaking)......Page 134
6. Marriage Exchange......Page 143
7. Marriage Prestations......Page 151
8. Elder-Younger Distinction in Kinship Terminology......Page 188
1. The Kuranko House......Page 63
2. Abdul Marah's House......Page 73
3. Paradigm of Kuranko Social Structure......Page 90
1. The Kuranko Area in Northern Sierra Leone......Page 20
2. The Kuranko Area and Major Chiefdom Boundaries......Page 25
3. Firawa......Page 67