Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: AfricaTimothy L. Gall, Jeneen Hobby From Publisher's Website: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life covers cultural groups in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. Each volume is organized for quick reference by continent, cover history, politics, customs, religion, education, human rights issues, teen life and much more for culture groups such as Kurds, Amish, Germans and more than 500 others. Each two- to six-page entry is written and reviewed by subject experts who have in-depth knowledge of a particular world culture and the skill to translate their knowledge in terms that students can understand. The Encyclopedia also gives students a visual learning experience with more than 250 photographs. And, a glossary of terms offers quick reference for difficult or foreign terms. |
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life Timothy L. Gall,Gale Research Inc No preview available - 1998 |
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14 CULTURAL HERITAGE 16 SPORTS 17 ENTERTAINMENT 18 FOLK ART 19 SOCIAL PROBLEMS 20 GENDER ISSUES 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY Afar African Afrikaners Algeria ancestors Arabic Azande Berber boys Burkina Burundi Cape cattle celebrate central century ceremonies Chagga Christianity circumcision cities clan colonial common Congo cooking Côte d'Ivoire dance Djibouti Dyula Embu Eritrea Ethiopia ethnic groups farming FOLKLORE forest French Fulani Ghana Gikuyu girls greeting Guinea Hausa household Hutu Igbo important Islam Jola Kalenjin Karretjie Kenya Lake land language live LOCATION AND HOMELAND Luhya Maasai Malawi Maldivians male Malinke marriage married meat millet Morocco Mossi Muslim Niger Nigeria Nuer Nyamwezi Oceania Oromo political popular population region religion religious RITES OF PASSAGE ritual River rural areas soccer society South Africa Sudan Tanzania tion Today towns trade traditional traditionally University urban village wear Western women young Zambia