H. Labouret - Les Manding et leur langue - 1934

Charming edition of this major ethnographic and linguistic work devoted to the study of the Manding peoples of West Africa and their idiom -

The author, a recognized specialist in African societies, presents a detailed analysis of social structures, customs and traditions, linking them to the use and peculiarities of the Manding language, which constitutes an essential vector of cultural identity -

The work is situated within the scientific context of the early twentieth century, marked by the rise of colonial and anthropological studies, and testifies to the will to document and understand African civilizations in their complexity -

This book remains today a valuable source for the history of ethnology and African linguistics.

H. Labouret - The Manding and Their Language - 1934 - Larose -
270 pages -

Good condition of the binding, volume in its edition half-leather binding, marbled boards, signs of wear, gilded edges, spine with decorative raised bands, title and author's name gilded -

Good interior condition, slight browning, enriched with two folding plates and a few engravings, marbled endpapers in good condition -

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