Add to ORKGHistorians of sub-Saharan African societies rarely pay much attention to such issues as the perception, calculation and organization of time. They feel uncomfortable over entering a domain which seems to require substantive specialist knowledge (astronomy, mathematics, etc.). The article throws light on the Nzema calendar and annual festival, the Kundum (Nzema is located between Ghana and the Ivory Coast). These topics are analysed in comparative perspectiv with reference to the wider Akan cluster
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip a...
This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth ...
The article, arising from research done in 1972, follows on the author’s series of analyses of the i...
Historians of sub-Saharan African societies rarely pay much attention to such issues as the percepti...
The article describes the African concept of time. The African concept of time is one that has never...
Yoruba people have existed and conducted their affairs based on a concept of time long before their ...
International audienceThe Nganyi Community of Western Kenya is custodians of climatic indigenous kno...
In this paper, the researcher has studied the Igbo idea of lunar time which is reckoned by events an...
This study aimed at revealing the technologies involved and functions of indigenous calendar systems...
Chronology is the foundation of every archaeological research. Every single object, a text, or even ...
The conceptualization of time-frames in African societies was presumed to bear elaborate abstract pa...
This paper presents findings on the Space-Time Variation in the Perception and Patronage of Traditio...
Existing sources, such as civil registers, Christian missions, or maternity hospitals, are examined ...
This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth ...
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip a...
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip a...
This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth ...
The article, arising from research done in 1972, follows on the author’s series of analyses of the i...
Historians of sub-Saharan African societies rarely pay much attention to such issues as the percepti...
The article describes the African concept of time. The African concept of time is one that has never...
Yoruba people have existed and conducted their affairs based on a concept of time long before their ...
International audienceThe Nganyi Community of Western Kenya is custodians of climatic indigenous kno...
In this paper, the researcher has studied the Igbo idea of lunar time which is reckoned by events an...
This study aimed at revealing the technologies involved and functions of indigenous calendar systems...
Chronology is the foundation of every archaeological research. Every single object, a text, or even ...
The conceptualization of time-frames in African societies was presumed to bear elaborate abstract pa...
This paper presents findings on the Space-Time Variation in the Perception and Patronage of Traditio...
Existing sources, such as civil registers, Christian missions, or maternity hospitals, are examined ...
This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth ...
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip a...
Chadic-speakers perform annual festivals of the ancestors, kok nji; cropping kop; harvesting, dyip a...
This book examines the history of the ancient Gold Coast in West Africa between the early sixteenth ...
The article, arising from research done in 1972, follows on the author’s series of analyses of the i...