The Kuranko: Dimensions of Social Reality in a West African Society

Abdul affinal agnatic agnatic kinship ancestors avunculate Bambara Barawa behaviour biriye boys brideservice bridewealth bush spirits characterised chief chiefdom child classificatory co-wife contrast cross-cousin cult associations curse daughter dembaiye descent divorce domain elder brother eldest emphasise fafei farm father female finas Firawa fisa fisa mantiye friendship Fula gifts girls household husband inheritance initiation rituals jeliba jelis joking jural Kabala Kamadugu Sukurela Kamban Kargbo kebile kebile brothers keli kola Kome Koroma Kuranko area Kuranko say Kuranko social Kuranko thought lineage literally luiye male Malinke man's Maninka Mara Mara clan married maternal medicines morgo Morowa mother mother's brother musu neophytes numorgo nyenne one's organisation patrilineal pattern person polygyny powers reciprocity refer relations relationship rice role ruling clan sacrifice sanaku sanakuiye secret senior sexual siblings Sierra Leone significance sister status symbolic Temne tolon uterine village wife witchcraft wives woman women young younger brother