webGuinée/Bibliothèque
Anthropologie
Fulbhe

William Derman
Serfs, Peasants, and Socialists:
A former Serf Village in the Republic of Guinea

University of California Press. 1968. 280 p.

Contents

Acknowledgments

• One — Introduction
  • Fulbhe, serfs, and French
  • Guinea
• Two — Geography and History
  • The physical setting
  • The historical setting
    • Precolonial Social and Political Organization
    • Precolonial Serfdom
  • The impact of French colonial rule
    • The Political Impact
    • The Economic Impact
• Three — Fulbhe Society
  • The Fulbhe as Peasants
  • The social organization of a former-serf village
    • Kinship Terminology
    • Social Relations among Kinsmen
    • The Kin Groups
    • Marriage
    • Divorce
    • Fulbhe-Serf Marriage
  • Summary
• Four — The Economy of the Fouta-Djallon
  • The Subsistence Economy
    • Women's Gardens
    • The Fields
    • Cash-Crop Cardens
    • Cattle-Herding
  • The Commercial Sector of the Economy
    • Migration
    • Local Wage Labor
    • Specialists
  • The Market
• Five — Political Organization
• Six — Ideology
  • The Life-Cycle
    • Life-Cycle Ceremonies
  • Islam in the Village
    • Islamic Educafion
  • Sorcery
    • Islam and Sorcery
• Seven — Conclusions
  • Apppendix I. Fulbhe Kinship Terminology
  • Appendix II. A Note on the Fieldwork
  • Glossary of Pular Words
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Tables and Figures

Tables:

1. Marriage patterns in Hollaande
2. Difference in area of land held by Fulbe and serfs
3. Ownership of cattle in Hollaande

Figures:

1. Genealogy of the chiefly maximal lineage of the Fouta-Djallon
2. Genealogy of the maximal lineage of the Ranhaaɓe
3. A kin relationship among age-mates
4. Model of a minimal lineage
5. Outline of the genealogy of Hollaande

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