Special Issue: Gender in the Mande World

Guest Editor: Barbara E. Hoffman

Barbara E. Hoffman: Gender Ideology and Practice in Mande Societies and in Mande Studies

Kassim Koné: When Male Becomes Female and Female Becomes Male in Mande

Rosa De Jorio: When is 'Married' Married? Multiple Marriage Avenues in Urban Mali

Clemens Zobel: Clients or Critics? Politics, Griots, and Gender in Post-Colonial Mali

Marloes Janson: Praising as a Gendered Activity: How Jalimusoolu and Jalikeolu Exercise Their Profession in Eastern Gambia

Kirsten Langeveld: Gender and the Kankurang Mask: An Analysis of Myth and Female Ritual

Kristina Van Dyke: Gender Objectified: Revealing Bodies in Bamana Sculpture

Barbara E. Frank: Thoughts on Who Made the Jenné Terra-cottas: Gender, Craft Specialization, and Mande Art History

Eugenia W. Herbert: Gender and Technology in Mande Societies: The Rashomon Problem

General Articles

Armelle Faure: Mossi et Bissa au XIXe Siècle: Une révolution politique en région bissa

Alioune Sow: The Curse of the Sons or the Betrayal of the Fathers? Rethinking the Family in Contemporary Malian Literature

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