Friendship, descent, and alliance in Africa : anthropological perspectives / edited by Martine Guichard, Tilo Grätz, and Youssouf Diallo.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Integration and conflict studies ; v. 10.
Other Authors: Guichard, Martine
Grätz, Tilo (Editor)
Diallo, Youssouf (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2014.
Series:Integration and conflict studies ; v. 10.
Subjects:
Friendship > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Kinship > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:vi, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Where are other people's friends hiding? Reflections on anthropological studies of friendship / Martine Guichard
  • Comradeship and the transformation of alliance theory among the Maasai : shifting the focus from descent to peer-group loyalty / Paul Spencer
  • Friendships networks in south-western Ethiopia / Wolde Gossa Tadesse and Martine Guichard
  • Friendship and spiritual parenthood among the Moose and the Fulbe in Burkina Faso / Mark Breusers
  • Labour migration and moral dimensions of interethnic friendships : the case of young gold-miners in Benin (West Africa) / Tilo Grätz
  • Friendship and kinship among merchants and veterans in Mali / Richard L. Warms
  • "Down-to-earth" : friendship and a national elite circle in Botswana / Richard Werbner
  • Negotiating friendship and kinship in a context of violence : the case of the Tuareg in Mali during the upheaval from 1990 to 1996 / Georg Klute
  • Afterword. Friendship in a world of force and power / Stephen P. Reyna.