Tag Archives: marriage

The manyamagan

Posted on June 3, 2019 by brucewhitehouse

Editor’s note: The role of manyamagan[1] has no equivalent in Western culture. “It is still carried out in several regions of our country,” wrote Aoua Keita in 1975; “it is exclusively female, very often passed down from mother to daughter … Continue reading →

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Twilight of the griot

Posted on May 27, 2019 by brucewhitehouse

Editor’s note: In preparing a book manuscript on marriage based on 2010-2012  fieldwork, I find some interviews that I can’t integrate into the project. I’ve decided to start posting a few of the more noteworthy ones, translated and edited, to … Continue reading →

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Too many women in this town?

Posted on January 29, 2012 by brucewhitehouse

A key part of my current Bamako research is discussions with groups of 8 to 10 city residents, in which my research assistants and I ask questions pertaining to family and marriage. We organize each of these focus groups to … Continue reading →

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