shelter, 136

shirking of responsibility

shock, 10, 74, 144

shoot, 39

shot-reverse-shot, 134, 150

shrine, 38, 254

significance, 12, 30, 49, 54, 129, 180, 211, 240

significant, 2, 14, 19–20, 35, 123, 131, 139, 142, 158, 169, 187–188, 226

silence, 144, 163, 197, 232

sine qua non, 166

skirts, 219

slum, 177–178

social, 1, 7–12, 14, 16, 19–21, 23, 31, 40, 42, 46, 54, 56–57, 66–73, 77, 83–85, 88–89, 101, 104, 106, 112, 128, 130, 137, 140–142, 152, 154, 157–159, 163–169, 171, 173, 176, 178, 180, 183–184, 186–189, 197, 200–202, 209, 212, 214, 217–218, 222–224, 229–231, 239, 252, 257, 259, 263

socialized, 163

socially acceptable roles, 163

societies, 5, 25, 31, 122, 128, 151, 165, 169, 183–184, 210–212

socioeconomic, 4, 8, 14, 24, 33–34, 54, 72, 100, 102, 112, 116, 190, 212, 217–218

sociopolitical, 23–24, 29, 59, 85, 239

soldiers, 37–41, 96, 201, 215, 253–254, 257, 259

solidarity, 48, 101, 185, 193, 222, 229–231

Soma, Ardiouma

Somalia, 3

Sonata, 215

Sondé, Amadou, xiv, xxii

Soninke, 94

sophistication, 69, 225

sorghum, 201

sorrowful, 71

soul, 18, 42, 46, 181, 195

soundtrack, 20

South Africa, 24, 238

south American, 213

south of the Sahara, 15

southeast Asia, 236

Sow, Thierno Faty, 96

space limitations, 212

Spanish, 52

speech, 44, 72, 108, 122, 150–151, 187, 194, 232–233, 261–262

spheres, 2, 5–6, 8, 30–33, 53, 55–56, 59, 65, 72, 83–88, 94, 96, 100–102, 129, 131, 146–147, 151, 159, 163, 168, 172–173, 175, 187–188, 190, 196–197, 204, 212–215, 222, 227, 229, 237

spirit shrines, 48, 136–137

spiritual beliefs, 159

sponsors, 123

spread, 123, 128, 257

stage director, 117

stale bread, 235–236

staple, 38, 185, 201, 210–211, 234, 236

status quo, 130, 141, 150, 170, 215

stillborn, 55

stories, 2, 7, 18, 59, 68, 71, 74–75, 82, 89, 99, 107, 197, 199, 212, 221, 240

storyline, 12

storyteller, 24, 66, 89

storytelling, 66–67, 74, 212

straddle, 104

stratification, 67

strike, 57, 148