1901-1991

Aspects of African Civilization
(Person, Culture, Religion)

Translated by Susan B. Hunt

Originally published in French as
Aspects de la civilisation africaine: personne, culture, religion
Paris: Présence africaine, 1972.

Table of Contents

1. Notes on the Notion of Person in the Fulani and Bambara Traditions

2. Remarks on Culture: Wisdom and the Linguistic Question in Black Africa

3. Reflections on the Islamic Religion: Dialogue with the Students of Niger (Incomplete. Translation in Progress)

4. Traditional Relationships Between African Man and God