Tor Engeström
Biographic Data
| ID | 83267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tor Engeström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tor |
| FAMILY NAME | Engeström |
| SIGNATURE | ENGESTRÖM T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Some aspects of the Mandé Myth Problem
Of great interest is Dieterlen's Mythe et Organisation sociale au Soudan francais, dealing with the traditions of a large number of tribes, caste-bound families etc. that are said to have emigrated from a Mande. This emigration is celebrated every 7th year in the village of Kaba Kangaba on the Upper Niger, souch-west of Bamako, under the leadership of the Malinke living in this village. According to information given to Dieterlen by Griots, one f…
Origin of pre-islamic architecture in West-Africa
Wall decorations of the Oualata type at Bamako
The magnificent wall decorations at Oualata, Mauritanie, with their textile distribution and typical coherence of their motifs, have attracted the attention of research workers. Duchemin, who has studied them at the place and presented his conclusions in a paper, gives in his introduction a resume of the hypothesis and views which he says have been advanced by P. Marty and Th. Monod among others and sums up in the following way: . . . Pour le pro…
Contribution aux connaissances des styles de construction au Soudan Français
Contribution aux connaissances des styles de construction au Soudan Français
Wall decorations of the Oualata type at Bamako
The magnificent wall decorations at Oualata, Mauritanie, with their textile distribution and typical coherence of their motifs, have attracted the attention of research workers. Duchemin, who has studied them at the place and presented his conclusions in a paper, gives in his introduction a resume of the hypothesis and views which he says have been advanced by P. Marty and Th. Monod among others and sums up in the following way: . . . Pour le pro…
Origin of pre-islamic architecture in West-Africa
Some aspects of the Mandé Myth Problem
Of great interest is Dieterlen's Mythe et Organisation sociale au Soudan francais, dealing with the traditions of a large number of tribes, caste-bound families etc. that are said to have emigrated from a Mande. This emigration is celebrated every 7th year in the village of Kaba Kangaba on the Upper Niger, souch-west of Bamako, under the leadership of the Malinke living in this village. According to information given to Dieterlen by Griots, one f…
Geography (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 work)