Azeb Amha, Maarten Mous, Graziano Sava (eds), Omotic and Cushitic Language Studies, Papers from the Fourth Cushitic-Omotic Conference, Leiden, 10-12 April 2003 (review)

Review of Azeb Amha, Maarten Mous, Graziano Sava (eds), Omotic and Cushitic Language Studies, Papers from the Fourth Cushitic-Omotic Conference, Leiden, 10-12 April 2003, Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2007, 268 pp

Dymitr Ibriszimow (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics II, „Chadic Linguistics/ Linguistique Tchadique/Tschadistik” (edited by D. Ibriszimow, H. Tourneux, H.E. Wollf), Vol. 3 (review)

Dymitr Ibriszimow (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics II, „Chadic Linguistics/ Linguistique Tchadique/Tschadistik” (edited by D. Ibriszimow, H. Tourneux, H.E. Wollf), Vol. 3, Köln, Rüdiger Koppe Verlag, 2006,154 pp

Doris L. Payne, Mechthild Reh, Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics. Proceedings of the 8th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, University of Hamburg, August 22-25, 2001, „Nilo-Saharan. Linguistic Analyses and Documentation” 22 (review)

Review of Doris L. Payne, Mechthild Reh, Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics. Proceedings of the 8th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, University of Hamburg, August 22-25, 2001, „Nilo-Saharan. Linguistic Analyses and Documentation” 22, Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2007, 294 pp

Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma Gilley. Anne Storch (eds), Insights into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture. Proceedings of the 9th Nilo Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, 16-19 February 2004 (review)

Review of Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Leoma Gilley. Anne Storch (eds), Insights into Nilo-Saharan Language, History and Culture. Proceedings of the 9th Nilo Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, 16-19 February 2004, Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2006, 420 pp

Zygmunt FRAJZYNGIER, A Dictionary of Mupun. (Sprache und Oralitat in Afrika, 11) Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1991, 102 pp., DM 65.

Review of Zygmunt FRAJZYNGIER, A Dictionary of Mupun. (Sprache und Oralitat in Afrika, 11) Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag, 1991, 102 pp., DM 65

Joseph McINTYRE, Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg (assisted by Ahmed Tijani Lawai), Hausa in the Media. A Lexical Guide. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 1991, 289 pp.

Review of Joseph McINTYRE, Hilke Meyer-Bahlburg (assisted by Ahmed Tijani Lawai), Hausa in the Media. A Lexical Guide. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 1991, 289 pp

History of the Dagomba Kingdom in some Hausa ajami manuscripts

The aim of this paper is to present and describe some sources on the Dagomba history in the Hausa Ajami manuscripts. According to oral tradition, the kingdoms of Dagomba and Mamprusi in present-day north-eastern Ghana should have come into being in the 15th century. It is commonly accepted that their founder was a certain Na Gbewa (spelled also Na Bawa) and his two sons. After they had quarelled, they separated and gave rise to two kingdoms which were independent from each other. In the end of the 16th century those states were conquered by Gbanya warriors of Mande origin who a little earlier had founded the Gonja kingdom. Until the 18th century the Gbanya exercised control over the Dagomba people. They imposed a sort of levy upon them, and had also a considerable influence on the internal matters of the Dagomba kingdom

Paul NEWMAN, Nominal and Verbal Plurality in Chadic. (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 12). Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1990,164 pp.

Review of Paul NEWMAN, Nominal and Verbal Plurality in Chadic. (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics, 12). Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1990,164 pp

Hans G. MUKAROVSKY (ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Hamito-Semitic Congress. (Veröffentlichungen der Institute für Afrikanistik und Egiptologie der Universität Wien, 56-57) Wien: Afro-Pub 1991,Volumes I (274 pp.) and II (344 pp.), AS 850.

Review of Hans G. MUKAROVSKY (ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Hamito-Semitic Congress. (Veröffentlichungen der Institute für Afrikanistik und Egiptologie der Universität Wien, 56-57) Wien: Afro-Pub 1991,Volumes I (274 pp.) and II (344 pp.), AS 850

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