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Comment on The Sweet Dates and Bitter Olives of Siwa Oasis (Libyan Desert) by dianabuja

dianabuja — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:30:31 +0000

Merci!

Comment on Burundi Song and Dance at The Hotel Club du Lac and Beyond by dianabuja

dianabuja — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:57 +0000

Yes, the hairdos in central Africa can be very beautiful – interestingly, young girs often have their head shaved or hair cropped very close.

Comment on Burundi Song and Dance at The Hotel Club du Lac and Beyond by Robert Swartz

Robert Swartz — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:06:48 +0000

On my way to see the gorillas in then Zaire, we saw ladies at a hotel having tea. They had they had the most exotic cornrows hairdos we had seen in Africa. The ladies were stunningly beautiful.

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Comment on The Sweet Dates and Bitter Olives of Siwa Oasis (Libyan Desert) by Rashid Faridi

Rashid Faridi — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:15:35 +0000

Reblogged this on Jugraphia Slate.

Comment on More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797 by ergamenis

ergamenis — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:46 +0000

Well, your comment made me curious and look what I found: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/p/park/mungo/index.html

Comment on More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797 by dianabuja

dianabuja — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:31:50 +0000

Oh thanks – perhaps with open access growing, such docs will eventually be available…

Comment on Cuisines and Crops of Africa – Imagining Cannibalism in the 19th Century and Now by dianabuja

dianabuja — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:31:02 +0000

Thanks – and also many thanks for sending the article; I have no OA here… Have downloaded and will read this PM. Nice to find someone ‘doing’ kinship, which seems to have gone a bit out of mainstream. At Berkeley, I can remember plowing through a variety of kin and kin-related pieces in seminars with Nelson Graburn, and finding our work quite interesting. Interesting, too, your recent entry on the dimension of ‘father’ in the new testament.

Comment on Cuisines and Crops of Africa – Imagining Cannibalism in the 19th Century and Now by Mateo

Mateo — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:39:24 +0000

Good post. Robert Brightman did a nice piece on the Windigo several years ago in the Ethnohistory journal.

Comment on More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797 by ergamenis

ergamenis — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:45:07 +0000

But if I had it, I’d gladly share it

Comment on More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797 by dianabuja

dianabuja — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:26:23 +0000

Oh, I wouldn’t expect so – am just talking to myself (out-loud). One of the down-sides of living here, is the lack of available library sources except on the web!