Ronald Cohen was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1930. In 1955, he married Diana B. Cohen. He received a Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison in 1960. He served as Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Toronto from 1958 to 1961. In 1961,
he accepted a position as Assistant Professor at McGill University. From 1963 to 1982 Cohen served as a professor of anthropology
at Northwestern University, including periods as Chair of the Department of Anthropology in the early 1970s and as Co-Director
of the Program in Ethnography and Public Policy in the early 1980s. During the 1970s, he also took leave from Northwestern
to serve as Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Ahmadu Bello University. Professor Cohen joined the faculty
of the University of Florida's Department of Anthropology in 1982, where he served until his retirement in 1995.
Cohen's extensive field work includes four major research projects undertaken in Nigeria. In the mid-1950s, Cohen conducted
ethnographic research examining social changes among the Kanuri of Borno in Northern Nigeria. In the late 1960s, he researched
the high divorce frequency among the Kanuri. In the early 1970s, he conducted a large ethnographic study of the origins and
structure of Babur-Bura society in Borno with a special emphasis on the spread of Islam and the split between the Babur (predominately
Islamic) and the Bura groups in this region. In the mid-1980s, Cohen returned to Nigeria once again to examine the organization
of food production in Nigerian agriculture, including farming scale and productivity.
At the time of his retirement from academics, Ronald Cohen had over 30 years of research experience in Nigeria and was widely
known for his many publications on Nigerian culture, political anthropology, and development issues.
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1930 |
Born in Toronto, Canada |
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1951 |
B.A. (Philosophy), University of Toronto |
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1954 |
M.Sc. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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1955 |
Weds Diana Barbara Williams |
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1955-1957 |
Foreign Area Fellowship, Field Work in Borno, Nigeria |
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1957-1958 |
John Evans Fellowship |
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1958-1961 |
Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Toronto |
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1960 |
Ph.D. (Anthropology), University of Wisconsin-Madison (Dissertation: "The Structure of Kanuri Society" |
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1960-1963 |
Grant: Department of Northern Affairs, Ottawa, Development of the Mackenzie River, Canada (Field Work: 1961) |
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1961-1963 |
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Chair, African Students Foundation of Canada
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1962 |
Publication of book, A Survey of Communities of the McKenzie Valley |
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1962-1997 |
Editor (associate), Anthropologica (including as Guest Editor of special issue on "Power in Complex Societies in Africa" in 1962)
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1962-1963 |
Founding Chairman, African Studies Association of Canada |
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1963-1968 |
Associate Professor, Northwestern University |
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1964-1965 |
Grant: NIMH, Pilot Study for Family Conflict in Borno |
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1966-1968 |
Grant: National Science Foundation, Family Conflict in Borno |
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1966-1970 |
Editor in charge of anthropology, African Abstracts |
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1967 |
Publication of book, The Kanuri of Bornu
Publication of book, Comparative Political Systems (edited with John Middleton)
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1967-1971 |
Board member, Central States Anthropological Association |
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1968 |
Lecture tour of six African countries for Northwestern University
Herskovits Memorial Lecture, University of Edinburgh
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1968-1972 |
Review Panel, NIMH (Behavioral Sciences) |
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1968-1973 |
Grant (with others): Ford Foundation, National Unity in Africa |
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1968-1982 |
Professor of Anthropology and Political Science, Northwestern University |
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1970-1972 |
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Assistant Editor, American Anthropologist
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1971 |
Publication of book, Dominance and Defiance: A Study of Marital Instability in an Islamic African Society
Publication of book, From Tribe to Nation in Africa (edited with John Middleton)
Publication of book, Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology (edited with R. Narroll)
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1972-1974 |
Grant: NSF, NEH and Rockefeller, Origins of the State in Borno and Gongola, Nigeria (Field Work in the Biu Division while
at the University of Maiduguri)
Chair, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University (on leave from Northwestern)
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1972-1982 |
Co-Editor (with John Paden) of the series, Studies in Political Culture, Northwestern University Press |
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1973-1974 |
Consultant to Udoji Commission on Nigeria's Federal Public Services |
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1974-1975 |
Associate Editor, Political Anthropology |
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1975-1977 |
Consultant, National Academy of Sciences, evaluation of ETIP division of the Department of Commerce |
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1976-1977 |
Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto (Stanford) |
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1977-1979 |
Consultant, IPA, for the Master Plan, New Federal Capital of Nigeria |
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1978 |
Publication of book: Origins of the State (edited with E.R. Service)
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1979-1982 |
Grant (with others): Ford Foundation, Drought in East Africa |
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1980 |
Publication of book: Hierarchy and Society (edited with G. Britan)
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1980-1981 |
Co-Director, Northwestern University Program in Ethnography and Public Policy |
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1980-1982 |
Review Panel, National Science Foundation |
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1980-1984 |
Grant (with others): NIMH, Training Program in Anthropology for Policy Analysis and Research |
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1981-1983 |
Executive Board, Central States Anthropological Association |
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1982-1995 |
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida |
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1983-1984 |
Grant: National Science Foundation, African Studies (UF), Production and Organization in Nigerian Agriculture (Field Work
in Borno)
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1983-1988 |
Board member, Association of Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) |
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1984-1985 |
Fulbright-Hays Research Grant, Production and Organization in Nigerian Agriculture |
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1984-1986 |
Appointed to joint USA-USSR working group of scholars to develop cooperative research on ethnicity and state formation |
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1985-1988 |
Appointed by International Union of Ethnological and Anthropological Sciences to plan Symposia on peace at Zagreb meeting |
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1985-1990 |
Carter Lectures on Africa (Ronald Cohen, Chair): Ford Foundation, African Studies Center Grant, Ford Foundation for Human
Rights
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1987 |
Publication of book: The Kanuri of Borno (revised edition)
Distinguished Lecture: Annual Meeting, Society for Cross-Cultural Research
Keynote Address: Annual Meeting, Society for Economic Anthropology
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1988 |
Publication of book: State Formation and Political Legitimacy (edited with J. Toland)
Publication of book: Satisfying Africa's Food Needs: Food Production and Commercialization in African Agriculture
Consultant to AID on Research Methods: USAID training and its effects on bureaucratic agency developmental results (Nepal
and Kenya)
Symposium in Honor of Ronald Cohen, African Studies Association Meetings, Chicago
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1988-1989 |
President elect, APLA
Appointed to the Staley Prize Committee to choose best book in Anthropology
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1988-1990 |
Review Panel, IIE, Fulbright Grants for doctoral research in Africa |
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1989-1990 |
President, APLA |
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1990 |
Keynote Address: Conference on Rural Transformation in Africa, Ohio State University
Grant (with others): Ford Foundation, Human Rights and Governance in Africa
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1991-1992 |
Board Member, APLA |
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1992-[1994] |
Co-Chair of the Board of Directors with Dele Olowu of "Transition to Democracy in Nigeria" Project, UF and Obafemi Awolowo
University
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1992-1995 |
Grant: USIA, Democratization in Nigeria |
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1993 |
Publication of book: Human Rights and Governance in Africa (with G. Hyden)
One of two North American scholars (from Yale and UF) invited to the second international symposium on evolutionary epistemology,
Vienna
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1995 |
Retirement from the University of Florida |
The Ronald Cohen Papers date from 1950 to 1996. The papers are primarily related to his research and anthropological field
work in Nigeria, focusing on the ethnography and social structures of the Nigerians living in Borno (Bornu), particularly
the Kanuri and Bura-Pabir speaking peoples. The bulk of the collection consists of field notes, oral histories, grant proposals,
and interviews created while conducting field research from the 1950s to the 1980s. A large number of these documents were
created by Nigerians working in the field with Cohen. In particular, a majority of the oral history interviews were conducted
by individuals belonging to the same clans and families as the interview informants. These interviews, along with observations
about the informants and villages, were recorded in field notebooks, many of which include drawings of tools and ceremonial
objects, hand-drawn maps of villages, and sketches of houses and other structures. Several of these field notebooks have been
transcribed in typescript format. In addition to these important oral histories, several files in the collection contain photographs,
notes, and research materials created or collected by Cohen while in Nigeria.
The collection also includes an excellent representation of Cohen's published and unpublished writings, including journal
articles, book contributions, monographs, reports, and reviews. Of course, a large a number of the publications pertain to
Nigerian culture and the research Cohen conducted there over 30 years. Many of these writings exist in multiple versions,
from early manuscript drafts to final typescripts and copies of publications and reprints. In addition, there are professional
papers related to lectures, symposia, professional associations, consultancy, the Carter Lectures on Africa, and various academic
departments in which Cohen served as a faculty member. There is very little material concerning Cohen's activities as an instructor
at these academic institutions, but there is a small amount of correspondence with colleagues and students. The collection
does not include many personal papers or items pertaining to Cohen's family life.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Ronald Cohen Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
The Ronald Cohen Papers were donated by Ronald and Diana Cohen of Micanopy, Florida, in 1996. The collection was acquired
through the assistance of Dan Reboussin.
Throughout the collection, Cohen uses African words, abbreviations, and words with variant spellings. For example, Borno is
the current spelling of what was originally spelled Bornu. Cohen refers to the founder of the village or his descendant as
the Village Head (VH) or the Lawan. There are wards or hamlets that are run by a Bulama, usually the head of the largest household
in the area. There are several districts in Borno, each with a District Head (DH). The Shehu, or king, is a political/religious
leader. A person who has studied the Koran is called a Malam. The Kanuri are a large ethnic group in Borno in northeastern
Nigeria. Biu is in the southern portion of the Borno state. The peoples of Borno speak Bura-Pabir. Speakers of Bura are predominately
non-Islamic, while speakers of Pabir (also known as Babur or Babir) are predominately Islamic.
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Series I - Field Notes and Data, 1950-1987
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The Field Notes and Data series consists of material related to Cohen's research and anthropological field work in Nigeria,
focusing on the ethnography and social structures of the Nigerians living in Borno. Documents include field notes, oral histories,
grant proposals, and interviews created while conducting field research from the 1950s to the 1980s. The series is divided
into four sub-series organized around the four major field research projects: Ethnography and Social Change in Borno, Family
Conflict and Divorce Among the Kanuri, Origins of State in Borno, and Organization of Food Production in Nigeria.
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A. Ethnography and Social Change in Borno, Nigeria 1950-1957
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Doctoral research examining the Kanuri conducted from 1955 to 1957 with a Foreign Area Fellowship. Field notes predominately
are first-person accounts of Cohen's observations. The majority of the files in this sub-series consist of typescript notes
from 1956 and 1957, but there are a few manuscript notes as well. In addition to the field notes, there are also questionnaires,
general notes, and status reports. Files are arranged alphabetically, although the field notes files themselves are arranged
chronologically.
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Field Notes XII, Nigeria. n.d. (ca. 1956)
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Field Notes, February 6-28. 1956 |
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Field Notes, February 6-28 and December. 1956 |
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Field Notes, February 10-30 (sic). 1956 |
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Field Notes, February 26 - May 12. 1956 |
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Field Notes, April 5-28. 1956 |
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Field Notes, May 2 - September 13. 1956 |
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Field Notes, September 1 - October 20. 1956 |
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Field Notes, November 1 - December 23. 1956 |
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Field Report, Work Completed and In Progress (February 10). 1957 |
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Field Notes, February 1 - March 25. 1957 |
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Field Notes, April 12 - August 2. 1957 |
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Field Report (April 29). 1957 |
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Field Report #3, General Progress (August 24). 1957 |
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Information for Field Workers and Travelers in Nigeria. 1950-1954 |
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Kinship Questionnaire by Mallam Abdulla. n.d. (ca. 1957) |
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Notes Regarding Kinship and Household, Kanuri. n.d. |
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Questionnaire Material by Mallum Abdulla. n.d. (ca. 1957) |
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Research Notes, Miscellaneous. n.d. |
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B. Family Conflict and Divorce Among the Kanuri, 1966-1969
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Research examining the high divorce frequency among the Kanuri of the Borno Emirate in Northern Nigeria. This series primarily
consists of data collected from male and female participants in the study. A large portion of the files pertain to TAT testing
and analysis. In addition to the data itself, the series also includes codebooks, questionnaires, notes, test forms, and computer
printouts (many of which are not dated). Of particular interest are the hand-drawn images used during the TAT testing (see
also the photographic prints of these drawings in the Photographs). Files are arranged alphabetically.
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"Female Data" Binder I (Folder 1). n.d.
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"Female Data" Binder I (Folder 2). n.d. |
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"Female Data" Binder II (Folder 1). n.d. |
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"Female Data" Binder II (Folder 2). n.d. |
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Kanuri Divorce Codebook and Questionnaire. n.d. (ca. 1967) |
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Kanuri Divorce Project Notes. n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Delori Males (Folder 1). 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Delori Males (Folder 2). 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Lamisola Males. 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Mafani Females. 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Mafani Males. 1966
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Shehuri North Females. 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Shehuri North Males. 1966 |
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Kanuri Divorce Project: TAT's Summer 1966, Talbari Ward Males. 1966 |
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Kanuri Households Analysis Cards. 1968 |
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Kin-Involvement Coding and Notes. n.d. (ca. 1967) |
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"Male Data" Binder I (Folder 1). n.d. |
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"Male Data" Binder I (Folder 2). n.d. |
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"Male Data" Binder II (Folder 1). n.d. |
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"Male Data" Binder II (Folder 2). n.d. |
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"Male Data" Binder II (Folder 3). n.d. |
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Marriage Questionnaire - EIDISC and BMDOZR Runs. n.d. (ca. 1968) |
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Marriage Specific: Rough Frequency Distributions. n.d. (ca. 1966)
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TAT Binder I: "My Future Life" and "Reasons for Divorce" Essays - Includes preface, notes, table of contents. n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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TAT Binder I: Appendix I and II (content analysis). n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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TAT Binder I: Appendix III, IV and X (content analysis and miscellaneous material). n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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TAT Female Notebook (Divorce). 1966 |
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TAT Male Notebook. 1966 |
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TAT Male Notebook and Field Notes, July - August. 1966 |
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TAT Notes. n.d. |
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TAT Protocols, Coding Instructions, Dictionary, Questions, Codebook, etc. n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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TAT Questionnaire Drafts. 1965 |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d.
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: Drawing Used for TAT (Hand-drawn). n.d. |
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Oversize: NUCROS - Marriage and Divorce Data Analysis Computer Printouts. 1968 |
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Oversize: NUCROS - TAT Protocols Profiles Computer Printouts. 1969
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C. Origins of State in Borno, Nigeria (Biu Division, Bura and Babur), 1972-1974
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An ethnographic study of the Babur-Bura society with a special emphasis on spread of Islam and the split between the Babur
(predominately Islamic) and the Bura groups in this region. The field notes consist of observations, oral histories, interviews,
and discussions with participating informants, especially older informants with longer memories and greater historical perspectives.
This large project was funded primarily by the National Science Foundation. The majority of the files in this series are identified
and grouped according to the towns, villages, and clans that were included in the research. In most cases, typescript transcriptions
of the original field notebooks are also present. Files are arranged alphabetically.
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Balbaya, Wuyo, Telli by Abdul Kadin Bwala - Field Notebook. 1974
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Balbaya, Wuyo, Telli by Abdul Kadin Bwala - Typescript. 1974 |
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Biography of Banu, C.K., and M.M. Tanga (Garkida area) by Bitrus Ndahi. 1973 |
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Biography of Biu, Manja, by Ibrahim Mastafa (Mastapha). 1973 |
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Biography of Gambo, Hajiya, by Ladi Maina. 1973 |
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Biography of Kogi, Yagagi Mamman. n.d. (ca. 1973) |
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Biography of Malgwi, Bukar Nkirta (Marama) by Wankata Malgwe (Malgwi). 1973 |
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Biography of Thlama, M., and K. Mwada by Mwajim Malgwi. 1973 |
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Biography of Wai (Wari), Ya, and Saje Bulama by Ibrahim Usman. 1973 |
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Biography of Wapasana, Heman, and Kilba Garkida by Tam Mshelia - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Biography of Wapasana, Heman (Wapansa), and Kilba Garkida by Tam Mshelia - Typescript. 1973 |
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Biography Research by Mshelbwala, Jiri (incl. Chakda Siga Nggada, Balwar Siga Mshelia). 1973 |
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Biography Research by Mshelia, Ngilanca B. (incl. Madawi Yampeliya). 1973 |
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Biography Research by Mshelia, T. (incl. Yerima Tapchi). 1973 |
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Biography Research by Wakawa, Simfa (incl. Lawan Dlawal Wakaw, Yankwar Angili Wakawa). 1973 |
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Biu Emirate History - Notes by Thloma Dawa (Interviews with Emir). 1974
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Biu-Kithla by Jibrim Usman. 1973 |
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Biu Town by M.I. Biu. 1973 |
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Bura Field Project, John Chiwi Balami - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Bura Field Project, John Chiwi Balami - Typescript. 1973 |
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Bura Folktale, Thlama. n.d. |
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Bura-Pabir Relations (especially around Tiraku) by Simfa Wakawa. 1973 |
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Buratai by Jiri Mshelbwala. 1974 |
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Buratai and Kamumya by W. Malgwi. 1974 |
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Buratai and Kamumya by Wahhata Malgwi. 1974 |
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Chibok by Allabeh A. Ddirmbula - Field Notebook. 1974
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Chibok by Allabeh A. Ddirmbula - Typescript. 1974 |
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Clan History, Bwala Clan (Bilatum) by I.D. Mshelbwala - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Clan History, Bwala Clan (Bilatum) by I.D. Mshelbwala - Typescript. 1973 |
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Clan History, Dibal and Bwala by D.B. Bwala. n.d. |
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Durkwa by Hyempa Nggada - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Durkwa by Hyempa Nggada - Typescript. 1973 |
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Field Notebook (Biu Division, Borno, Nigeria). 1973 |
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Field Notes, Bura, pp. 1-300. 1972-1973 |
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Field Notes, Bura, pp. 301-629. 1973
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Field Notes, Bura, pp. 630-662. 1973 |
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Field Notes, Bura, pp. 663-806. 1974 |
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Garkida Biographies by T. Mshelia (incl. Birma Ali). 1973 |
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Garkida by Bitrus B. Ndahi. 1973 |
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Garkida by Bitrus B. Ndahi. 1973 |
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Garkida by Sunday Sawa. 1973 |
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Garkida by Sunday Sawa - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Garkida by Sunday Sawa - Typescript. 1973
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Garkida by Tami Mshelia (with detailed genealogy) - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Garkida by Tami Mshelia (with detailed genealogy) - Typescript. 1973 |
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Garkida, Garnwa/Garnuwa Clan - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Garkida - Interview with Birma, Village History (R. Cohen Interviewer, includes Tami Mshelia). 1973 |
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Garkida - Interview with Birma, Village History, T. Mshelia, Bura, Pabir. 1973 |
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Gulani by Abdullahi A. Gunda. 1974 |
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Gulani by Mohammed Shuaibu Gulani - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Gulani by Mohammed Shuaibu Gulani - Typescript. 1974 |
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Gunda and Madlau by Samuel H. Mshelia - Field Notebook. 1974
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Gunda and Madlau by Samuel H. Mshelia - Typescript. 1974 |
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Gur and Pelathlabu by Julius Pindar Mshelia - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Gur and Pelathlabu by Julius Pindar Mshelia. 1974 |
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Gur, Pelathlabu, Mirnga, Kwajaffa by Mordekai Mshelia - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Gur, Pelathlabu, Mirnga, Kwajaffa by Mordekai Mshelia - Typescript. 1974 |
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Hamza-Garga Clash on Bura Separatism at Kwayatera. 1973-1974 |
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Heman Wapasana, Kilba Garkida by Tami Mshelia. 1973 |
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Hena Clan by M. Birma Hena - Field Notebook. 1972 |
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Hena Clan by M. Birma Hena - Typescript. 1972 |
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Hena Clan by Stephen L. Hena. 1973 |
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Kamunya by Jiri Mshelbwala. 1974 |
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Kamunya, Buratai by Jiri Mshelbwala. n.d. (ca. 1974) |
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Kogu Maigira (Kwagu Magiru). 1974 |
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Kwajaffa by Ibrahim B. Gwary. 1973
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Kwaya Tera and Wandali Minta by A.Y. Nganjwa. 1974 |
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Mandaragirau by Musa Ibrahim Sakwa. 1974 |
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Mandaragirau by Musa Ibrahim Sakwa. 1974 |
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Mandaragirau, Viu Kithla by Hyempa Nggada - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Mandaragirau, Viu Kithla by Hyempa Nggada - Typescript. 1974 |
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Marama by Bukar Mbaya. 1973 |
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Meram (near Marama, but different) by Anjili A. Mshelbwala. 1974 |
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Milala and Huma by Abdul Msheliza. 1974 |
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Miringa by Ibrahim Mustapha. 1974
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Miringa by Ibrahim Mustapha. 1974 |
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Miringa-Pabir (Babur) by Yusuf B. Mirnga. 1974 |
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Mshel-Bwala, Bala - "Biu: A Colonial Artifact" (Thesis footnotes). 1972 |
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Mshelia Kunar, Yawalari by P.C. Mshelia - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Mshelia Kunar, Yawalari by P.C. Mshelia - Typescript. 1974 |
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Notebook: "Research Notes July 1974" (Biu Division, Borno, Nigeria). 1974 |
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Pabir-Biu, Ladi Maina. n.d. (ca. 1973) |
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Pabir Cultural History by Jibrim Usman. n.d. |
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Pabir Cultural History (Biu Division) by M.I. Biu. 1973 |
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Sakwa by Musa Ibrahim Sakwa. 1974
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Sakwa by Musa Ibrahim Sakwa. 1974 |
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Shafa, Viu Kithla by Simfa L. Wakawa. 1974 |
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Shaffa, Angiramta, Fire Incident in Shafa by Thomas Dawa and Mwajim Maidugu. 1973-1974 |
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Shaffa, Angiramta and Fires by Thomas Dawa. 1974 |
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Subwang by Joshua Mshelia. 1973-1974 |
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Tiraku (Wakawa Clan) by Simfa Wakawa - Field Notebook. 1973 |
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Tiraku (Wakawa Clan) by Simfa Wakawa - Typescript. 1973 |
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Tsahuyam by Salmanza B. Mshelia. 1974
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Walls Around Towns (Bura) by Stephen Luka Hena, Wandali. 1973 |
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Wandali by Stephen L. Hena. 1974 |
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Wuyo by Mwajim M. Maidugu (incl. Mohammed Magaji) - Field Notebook. 1974 |
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Wuyo by Mwajim M. Maidugu (incl. Mohammed Magaji) - Typescript. 1974 |
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D. Organization of Food Production in Nigeria, 1983-1987
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Research examining the relationship between farming scale and productivity and between centralization and productivity in
Nigerian agriculture. This series includes interviews, reports, notes, data, correspondence, codebooks, and data analysis
computer printouts. In addition to agriculture and food production, other topics include BOADAP (Borno State Accelerated Development
Area Programme), ethnography, the Study Group on Food Production, and Tiga Dam. Files are arranged alphabetically.
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BOADAP (Borno State Accelerated Development Area Programme) Notes. 1984
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Code Book, African Food Production Systems, Borno-Nigeria. 1985 |
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Ethnographic Reports on Kanuri Farming, Abba Shettima. n.d. |
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Large Scale Farming, Food Production. 1985 and n.d. |
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Large Scale Farming, Nigeria - Interviews with farmers, bankers, etc. 1984 |
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Large Scale Farming, Nigeria - Notes, correspondence, data. 1984 |
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Notes, Tiga Dam. n.d. |
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Study Group on Food Production. 1983-1984 |
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Nigeria Agriculture/Farm Labor Data Analysis Computer Printouts. 1986-1987
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Series II - Publications and Writings, 1961-1994
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This series consists of journal articles, conference papers, monograph chapters, reviews, and other publications and writings
created by Cohen. The subjects covered within these publications represent Cohen's research interests, specifically pertaining
to Borno and Nigeria. Topics include human rights, food production, warfare, social evolution, state development, the status
of women, and methods of anthropological research. Files are arranged alphabetically.
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"Advances in the Evolution of Society by Richard N. Adams: A Reply" (Re: Origins of the State). n.d. (ca. 1978)
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"The African Background" - Revised lecture, Ontario Woodsworth Memorial Foundation. 1961 |
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"Afro-Asian Studies in Canada". 1963 |
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"Age and Culture as Theory". n.d. (ca. 1984) |
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"Agricultural Transformation in Northern Nigeria: A Macro-Micro Analysis". n.d. (ca. 1985) |
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"Altruism and the Evolution of Civil Society". n.d. (ca. 1992) |
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"Altruism, Genes, and Behavior". 1977 |
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"Altruism: Human, Cultural, or What?". 1972 |
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"The Analysis of Conflict in Hierarchical Systems" - Summary of article for French translation in Anthropologica. 1961 |
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"Anthropology and Diplomacy: New Wine, or New Bottles?". 1983 |
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"Anthropology and Political Science: Courtship or Marriage?". 1967 |
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"Approaches to Applied Anthropology". 1984 |
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"Approaches to Applied Anthropology". n.d. (ca. 1984) |
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"Bornu: An Historical Summary". n.d. (ca. 1962) |
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"Borno in the Nineteenth Century" with Louis Brenner. n.d. (ca. 1987) |
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"The Bornu King Lists". n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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"Chapter 1: The Sphinx at the Gate" (Corruption). n.d. |
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"Community Patterning in Two Northern Trading Posts" (with Asen Balikci). 1963 |
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"Conflict and Change in a Northern Nigerian Emirate" - Revised article for Zollschan, Purdue. n.d. (ca. 1976) |
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"Corruption in Nigeria: A Comparative Perspective" (mss. draft). n.d. |
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"Dependency and Self-Sufficiency in Chipewan Stories" (Folklore Paper) with James W. VanStone. 1961 |
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"The Dynamics of Feudalism in Bornu". n.d. (ca. 1966) |
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"Dynastic Traditions and the State" - University of Maiduguri, Annual Review, Annals of Borno. 1983 |
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"Egalitarian Society and Myths of Women's Status: A Reply to Sanday". n.d. (ca. 1982) |
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"Elite Theory and the Formation of Elites Among Bura Intellectuals of Nigeria". 1983 |
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Encyclopedia of Sub-Saharan Africa, "Indigenous Principles of Government" (mss.). 1993-1994
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"End of the Early State" (Decline). 1984 |
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"Endless Teardrops: Polegomena to the Study of Human Rights in Africa". n.d. (ca. 1991) |
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"Ethnicity and the State in Contemporary Perspective" for IREX Conference on Ethnic Processes in the USA and USSR. 1983-1984 |
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"Ethnicity: Problem and Focus in Anthropology" - Reprint, Annual Review of Anthropology. 1978 |
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"Ethnicity, The State, and Moral Order". 1992 |
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"Everyday Life in Africa". n.d. (ca. 1961) |
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"Evolution, Fission and the Early State". 1980-1981 |
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"The Evolution of Hierarchical Institutions: A Case Study from Biu, Nigeria". 1974 |
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"Evolutionary Epistemology and Human Values" - Current Anthropology. 1981 |
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"Family Life in Bornu". 1967 |
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"The Food Crop Problem" (mss. draft). n.d. |
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"Force or Religion in a Sudanese Emirate" (Reprint from "Problems in Rural Development"). 1975 |
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"From Empire to Colony: Bornu in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" in "Impact of Colonialism". 1970 |
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"Gender and Politics in Traditional Africa" (Canadian Africanist Meetings). 1975 |
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"Good Hope Tales by Paul Voudrach" (with Helgi Osterreich)". 1965 |
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"Growth is Development: Distribution is Politics". n.d. (ca. 1944) |
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"A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology" with Raoul Naroll (Review). 1973 |
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"Hierarchy and Society" (Toward and Anthropology of Formal Organizations). 1980 |
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"History, Legend and Myth in Pabir Origin Traditions" - Essays in Honor of Professor Addullahi Smith. 1980 |
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"Housing, Neighborhood and Central Layout in Nigerian Urban Cultures: Background to Design Options for New Federal Capital"
(with Paden). Folder 1 of 3. 1978
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"Housing, Neighborhood and Central Layout in Nigerian Urban Cultures: Background to Design Options for New Federal Capital"
(with Paden). Folder 2 of 3. 1978
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"Housing, Neighborhood and Central Layout in Nigerian Urban Cultures: Background to Design Options for New Federal Capital"
(with Paden). Folder 3 of 3. 1978
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"Individualism and Collectivism in Africanist Anthropology: A Revisionist Perspective". n.d. (ca. 1994) |
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"Is Small Really Beautiful: Ideology and Discontent in African Food Production". 1983 |
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"The Just-So So? A Spurious Tribal Grouping in Western Sudanic History". n.d. (ca. 1962-1963) |
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Legitimacy. n.d. (ca. 1988) |
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"Legitimacy and Illegitimacy in State Formation". 1983 |
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"Marriage Instability Among the Kanuri of Northern Nigeria". 1961 |
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"Modernism and the Hinterland: The Canadian Example". 1966 |
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"Modernization in Africa: A Social and Psychological Model of Analysis" (Lecture). 1968 |
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"A Multimethod Approach to the Study of Marriage and Divorce". n.d. (ca. 1970) |
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"The Natural History of Hierarchy: A Case Study". 1976 |
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"Nigeria's New Capital City: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Public Good" with John N. Paden. 1980-1981 |
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"Oedipus Rex and Regina: The Queen Mother in Africa". 1977 |
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Paper on Households Presented at AAA (Outline/Notes). 1982 |
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"Paradise Regained: Myth and Reality in the Political Economy of the Early State" in "Early State Economics". 1991 |
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"The Peasant Connection: A Case Study of the Bureaucracy of Agri-Industry" with Peter O. Agbonifo (Reprint, Northwestern). 1976 |
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"A Pilot Study of Divorce Theory". n.d. (ca. 1964-1966) |
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"Planning Nigeria's New Capital City: Implementation and the Public Good" with John Paden. n.d. (ca. 1978) |
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"Policy and Social Theory in Anthropology" - Eddy and Partridge book. n.d. (ca. 1987) |
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"Political Anthropology". 1974
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"Political Anthropology". n.d. (ca. 1994) |
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"Position Paper: Prolegomena for the Understanding of Human Rights Issues in Africa". n.d. (ca. 1989) |
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"Power, Authority and Personal Success in Islam and Bornu". 1966 |
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"Power Authority and Sociobiology: The Social Contract Reconsidered". n.d. (ca. 1976) |
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"The Pull of Opposites: Incorporation and Autonomy in Nigeria," Reprint. 1975 |
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"Research Directions in Political Anthropology". 1969 |
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Review - "Asiatic Mode of Production" by Krader. n.d. |
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Review - CA Comment "On Sociocultural Discontinuity: Nationalism and Cultural Objectification in Quebec" by Handler. 1983 |
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Review - "Ethnic Minority Problems in Nigerian Politics, 1960-1965" by Okpu. 1977 |
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Review - "The Fon of Dahomey" by Argyle. 1971 |
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Review - "Myths of Male Dominance" by Leacock. 1981 |
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Review - "National and Ethnic Movements" by Dofny and Akiwowo. 1980 |
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Review - "Order and Rebellion in Tribal Africa" by Gluckman. n.d. |
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Review - "West African Kingdoms in the 19th Century" by Forde and Kaberry. 1967 |
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Reviews of Cohen Publications. 1994 |
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"Servility in Social Evolution". 1970 |
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"Social Theory and Critical Analysis in Applied Anthropology". 1985 |
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"Some Aspects of Institutionalized Exchange: A Kanuri Example" and "The Future of a Pioneer". 1965 |
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"State Foundations: A Controlled Comparison" (Origins of the State). 1978 |
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"State Foundations: Some Inductive Insights". 1975 |
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"The State: A Lenticular Perspective". n.d. (ca. 1994) |
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"The State and Multiethnicity". 1994 |
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"State Origins: A Reappraisal". n.d. (ca. 1978) |
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"The Strategy of Social Evolution". n.d. (ca. 1963) |
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"Studies for Bureaucrats: A Critical Look at Consultancy Research". n.d. |
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"A Study of Improvement in the Quality and Quantitiy of Work in Nigeria's Public Services" with J.I. Tseayo for Udoji Commission. 1974 |
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"The Success that Failed: An Experiment in Culture Change in Africa". 1961 |
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"Sustainable Agriculture in Africa: Social-Cultural, Political and Economic Considerations" - Center for African Studies,
Ohio State University. 1990
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"Teleonomic Processes and Social Evolution: A Lenticular Perspective" - Symposium, Konrad Lorenz Institut, Vienna. 1993 |
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"Three Approaches to the Socio-Cultural Analysis of Aging". n.d. |
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Typescript Draft - Education in Nigeria. n.d. (ca. 1991) |
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"Traditional Society in Africa". n.d.
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"Values and Food Production in the African Contect" (Paper Summary). 1985 |
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"Values of Modernization" (with Alan Peshkin). 1967 |
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"War and War Machines in Pre and Post Industrialized States" (mss. draft). n.d. |
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"War and War Proneness in Pre- and Post-Industrial States". n.d. |
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"Warfare and State Formation: Wars Makes States and States Make Wars". 1982 |
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"Where Do We Come From, Where Do We Go: Political Anthropology Looks Ahead" (Reviews). 1985 |
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"Women, Status and High Office in African Politics". 1985 |
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Series IV - Research Files, 1970-1977 and n.d.
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This series consists of notes and photocopies of materials from African archives, historical writings, research aids, and
other secondary materials used by Cohen to conduct research in Nigeria. The majority of the files contain archival records,
primarily pre-colonial material from the Nigerian National Archives and various other archival institutions. Although most
of the photocopies and notes in this series are not dated, it seems that the bulk of the material was created in the 1970s
in conjunction with the "Origins of State in Borno" research project. Files are arranged alphabetically.
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Archives: Administrative History for the Gujba, Pagan, Biu Divisions (Photocopies). n.d.
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Archives: Bornu Expedition 1902 (Photocopies). n.d. (ca. 1972) |
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Archives: Bura, Pabir, Babur Ethnography. 1973 |
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Archives: Bura Patrols 1908-1917. n.d. |
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Archives: Emir's (Traditional) Council - Photcopies. 1974 |
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Archives: Gumsu District (Dikwa Emirate), Bornu. n.d. |
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Archives: Lower Bornu Expedition 1902. n.d. |
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Archives: Meek and Whiteley on Babur, Pabir, Bura. n.d. |
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Archives: Missions. n.d. |
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Archives: Notebooks I and II. n.d. |
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Archives: Notebooks III and IV. n.d. |
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Archives: Notes on Bura-Babur, Pabir Royals, 1934-1937. n.d. |
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Biu Administrative History: Balami, "Politics of Protest". n.d. |
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Borno - Ngala, Marte Materials from Kyari Tijani (Bornu pre-Islamic organization). 1977 |
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Borno Title Holders, Shehu's Place. 1973 |
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Bornu Expedition (1898, 1902, etc.) - Notes, correspondence, etc. n.d. |
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Bura Field Work Guides. 1972-1973 |
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Bura - Nigerian National Archives Notes. 1972-1974 |
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Bura Village Headship Notes. n.d. |
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Chronology of Rulers: Bornu, Gombe, Bauchi, Sokoto. n.d.
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Court Cases, Archives (1920s) - "BiuDist" notes. n.d. |
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"The Development of Native Administration in Biu Division 1902-1959" by Simfa Wakawa (thesis). 1975 |
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Field Notes and Historical Materials: Biu, Ndama Wakawa, Pabir, etc. 1970-1972 |
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History, Sudan - notes, photocopies. n.d. |
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"Inter-Marriage as a Mechanism for National Integration: A Study of the Bura in Gardina" by T.T. Itahari. 1972 |
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Kanakuru Browne Resident Adamawa Archives, 1920s (Photocopies). 1974 |
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Kilba (by Meek), National Archives (Photocopies). n.d. |
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Kinship Terms - Bura. n.d. (ca. 1973) |
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Map, "Bachma and Their Neighbors" by Ainsley L. Dalli and Rose R. Teneke. n.d. |
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Mbursa Pela Mshelmbwala on Bura Medicines. 1973 |
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Original Bura Seminar. n.d. |
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"Outline of Mandara History" by Bawuro Barkinda Mubi (Photocopy). 1973 |
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Pabir Royal Genealogy. n.d. |
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"The Politics of Protest" by Balami (Biu 1900-1972). 1972 |
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Table of Contents for Some of the Bura Data. n.d. (ca. 1974) |
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"Yunusa Idi Kida Sociology: The Social Structure of My Own Ethnic Group" (Paper for C. Frantz). 1972 |
