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The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1

The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1

The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1
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The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1

by P A Benton

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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Philip Askell Benton was one of the outstanding junior scholar - administrators of his time. Posted to northern Nigeria in 1906, he saw most of his service in the vast Bornu province, the homeland of the Kanuri people centered on Lake Chad. Between 1911 and 1917, he wrote a number of books on various aspects of Kanuri culture. Republished in two volumes under the collective title of "The languages and peoples of Bornu" are four of Benton's works, which have long been inaccessible. Volume 1 contains the classic " Notes on some languages of the Western Sudan ", a remarkable piece of archival research. One of the most important features of the book is its first presentation of Heinrich Barth's manuscript of African vocabularies, and Part IV's copious extracts from the unpublished correspondence of certain aspects of the Barth -Richardson expedition of 1850. Volume 1, also contains a critical introduction by A. H. M. Kirk Green in which he evaluates Benton's work in its historical and contemporary context. ( Cass Library of African studies, general studies, no.64) This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. New Impression Edition 1968. Red Cloth. FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)/FINE (AS NEW). Illus. by Not Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.

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Title
The Languages and People of Bornu : Volume 1
Author
P A Benton
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Not Illustrated
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
New FINE ( AS BRAND NEW)
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FINE (AS NEW)
Edition
New Impression Edition 1968
ISBN 10
0714616354
ISBN 13
9780714616353
Publisher
Frank Cass and Co Limited
Place of Publication
London England
Date Published
1968
Keywords
KANURI (AFRICAN PEOPLE) KANURI LANGUAGE . Kanuri Readings, Primer of Kanuri Grammar, A Bornu Almanac
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Folklore; Language; Classic; Research; African Interest; Antiquarian; Facsimile Editions; A CASS;
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