1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385060303316

Autore

Lobo Jerónimo <1596?-1678.>

Titolo

A short relation of the river Nile [[electronic resource] ] : of its source and curent : of its overflowing the campagnia of Egypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean : and of other curiosities / / written by an eye-witness who lived many years in the chief kingdoms of the Abyssine empire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for John Martin ..., 1673

Descrizione fisica

[7], 104 p

Altri autori (Persone)

WychePeter, Sir,  <1628-1699?>

Soggetti

Date palm

Animals, Mythical

Prester John (Legendary character)

Africa Description and travel Early works to 1800

Nile River

Red Sea Description and travel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Translated from Jeronymo Lobo's Itinerario by Sir Peter Wyche" --NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817838603321

Autore

Hargrove Jarvis L.

Titolo

The political economy of the interior Gold Coast : the Asante and the era of legitimate trading, 1807-1875 / / Jarvis L. Hargrove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-8786-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

966.7004963385

Soggetti

Ashanti (African people) - Commerce - History - 19th century

Slave trade - Ghana - History

Ghana Economic conditions 19th century

Ghana Relations Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 241

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the Asante transition to legitimate commerce in the nineteenth century and highlights the political and economic relationships of the Asante state with surrounding African groups and European traders.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910768441503321

Autore

Feder Lisa

Titolo

Jeliya at the Crossroads : Learning African Wisdom through an Embodied Practice / / by Lisa Feder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030830595

3030830594

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology, , 2946-4226

Disciplina

301.29663

781.629634

Soggetti

Anthropology and the arts

Music

Ethnology

Philosophical anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology of the Arts

Ethnography

Anthropological Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Sweetness in the Gambia -- 3. Moving with Gambians -- 4. Doing Time: The Balafon Workshops, United States -- 5. Direct Transmissions: Going with the Flow -- 6. At Home: Lessons in Respecting Time -- 7. Enchanting Cosmopolitan New York -- 8. Manding New York: Jeliya Bara Bang -- 9. Patronage: Becoming a Jatigi -- 10. Living "in between" Cultures -- 11. Paris 2015-2021.-12. Duniya: Weaving Pasts and Futures.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the remarkable culture of jeliya, a musical and verbal art from the Manding region of West Africa. Using an embodied practice as her methodology, the author reveals how she and her music teachers live "in between" local and global cultures. Her journey spans 20 years of fieldwork presented through personal and intimate stories, first as a student of the balafon instrument, then as a patron of the



music. Tensions build in both the music and in social relations that require resolutions, underscoring the differences between two world views. Through balafon lessons, the author embodies values such as patience, courage, and generosity, resulting in a transformative practice that leads her to better understand her position vis-à-vis that of her jeli teachers. Meanwhile, jeliya itself, despite having been transmitted from teacher to student for 800 years, is currently in peril. Jelis cite modern globalized culture and people like the author herself as both a source of the problem as well as the potential solution.