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Author O'Halloran, Kate.

Title Hands-on culture of West Africa / Kate O'Halloran ; illustrations by Lloyd Birmingham.

Publication Info. Portland, Me. : J. Weston Walch, [1997]
©1997

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Curriculum Materials Center  CMC SECOND H.3 WALC 1997    Check Shelf
Description vii, 73 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Note "Reproducibles 0-30875"--Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Money in West Africa: Cedi, Dalasi, Naira -- West Africa folktales -- Music of West Africa -- Drum -- Xylophone -- Bamboo flute -- Board zither -- Benin: appliqué art of Dahomey -- Burkina Faso: building a house -- Côte d'lvoire: Baule gold plating -- Ghana: Kente cloth -- Ghana: Akan coffins -- Ghana: Adinkra cloth -- Ghana and côte d'lvoire: Akan gold weights -- Mali: Griots and the story of Sundiata -- Nigeria: proverbs -- Nigeria: what's in a name? -- Nigeria: humor and politics -- Nigeria: Yoruba numbers -- Senegal: a conversation in Wolof -- Sierra Leone: the game of Haba Gaba -- Cooking of West Africa: Jollof rice and fufu -- Hot plantain crisps -- Yam fufu -- Jollof rice.
Subject Africa, West -- Social life and customs.
Handicraft -- Africa, West.
Multicultural education.
ISBN 0825130875
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