Status and identity in West Africa: Nyamakalaw of Mande

Etymologies of "nyamakala" / Charles S. Bird, Martha B. Kendall, and Kalilou Tera

Power, structure, and Mande "jeliw" / Barbara G. Hoffman

Semantics of "jugu" : blacksmiths, lore, and "who's bad" in Mande / Patrick R. McNaughton

Linguistic evidence for the history of West African "castes" / Tal Tamari

Blind man meets prophet : oral tradition, Islam, and "funé" identity / David C. Conrad

Soninke "garankéw" and Bamana-Malinke "jeliw" : Mande leatherworkers, identity, and the diaspora / Barbara E. Frank

Dieli of Korhogo : identity and identification / Robert Launay

Women craft specialists in Jenne : the manipulation of Mande social categories / Adria La Violette

"Jaliya" in the modern world : a tribute to Banzumana Sissoko and Massa Makan Diabaté / Cheick Makamadou Chérif Keita.