ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY AND TERMINOLOGY
Introduction Nyamakalaya
Contradiction and Ambifuity in Mande Society
David C. Conrad and Barbara E. Frank
Part One: The Paradox of Word and Meaning
I. Etymologies of nyamakala
Charles S. Bird, Martha B. Kendall, and Kalilou Tera
II. Power, Structure, and Mande Jeliw
Barbara G. Hoffman
III. The Semantics of jugu
Blacksmiths, Lore, and Who’s Bad in Mande
Patrick R. McNaughton
Part Two: Retracing Steps in Search of Social History
IV. Linguistic Evidence for the History of West african "Castes"
Tal Tamari
V. Blind Man Meets Prophet
Oral Tradition, Islam, and fune Identity
David C. Conrad
VI. Soninke garankew and Bamana-Malinke jeliw
Mande Leatherworkers, Identity, and the Diaspora
Barbara E. Frank
Part Three: The Power of Agency and Identity
VII. The Dieli of Korhogo
Identity and Identification
Robert Launay
VIII. Women Craft Specialists in Jenne
The Manipulation of Mande Social Categories
Adria LaViolette
IX. Jaliya in the Modern World
A Tribute to Banzumana Sissko and Massa Makan Diabate
Cheick Mahamadou Cherif Keita
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX