I. The Centenary of Samori Touré

Mohamed Saïdou N'Daou: The Production of History in Post-Socialist Guinea: Competing Images of Almamy Samory Touré

Djibril Tamsir Niane: The Origins of Samori's State

Lansiné Kaba: Almami Samori Touré within the West African Imperial Tradition

Ismaël Barry: L'Almami Samori et le Fuuta Jaloo

Hamadi Bocoum: Samori's Smithies, or a Rough Draft for Technological Independence

Ansoumane Camara: L'image de Kèmè Bouréma dans l'épopée samorienne

II. Souleymane Kanté and the N'Ko Alphabet

Dianne White Oyler: The Era of Mande Enlightenment

Joseph Lauer: A Transliteration Scheme for the N'Ko Alphabet

Valentin Vydrine: Soulemane Kantè, un philosophe-innovateur traditionaliste maninka, vu à travers ses écrits en Nko

David C. Conrad: Reconstructing Oral Tradition: Souleymane Kante's Approach to Writing Mande History

III. General Articles

Alice Bellagamba: "So Good a Chief, Even Vultures Would Follow Him:" Colonial Rule and Political Traditions along the River Gambia

Ingse Skattum: La répétition comme trait d'oralité: L'example du récit des "Trois Amadou"

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