gender, 9–11, 39, 67, 112, 116, 138, 159, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 174–175, 177, 179–180, 189, 201–202, 222, 224, 227, 257

general secretary, 53

generation, 15–16, 31, 57, 82, 88, 171–172, 196, 201, 214, 221

gerontocratic, 8, 30, 35–36, 56, 67, 88, 133, 164, 214, 263

Ghana, 24, 238

gift, xv

gigolo, 122

Gĩkũyũ, 58, 95

ginger, xiv, xv

global, 7–9, 15, 22–25, 31, 53, 57, 69, 83, 108, 163, 165–166, 173, 176, 178, 189, 197, 201, 203, 209–211, 218–219, 223, 228, 235–238, 240

Gora, 110

government, 56, 58, 107–109, 123, 203, 232, 237, 252–253, 259

Gramsci, Antonio, 213

grandchildren, 213–214

grande mosquée mouride, 157

grandparents, 212, 214

graveyard, 108

greed, 83, 112, 189, 191

griot, 7, 20, 23, 35, 54, 58–59, 65–68, 70–77, 82–83, 85–89, 134, 174–175, 177, 215, 245–248, 258

ground zero, 32

groundnuts, 201

growth, 123, 128–129

Guelwaar, 2, 21–23, 25, 108–110, 117–118, 129, 142, 147–148, 150–152, 159, 176, 211, 217, 221, 227, 231, 261

Guèye, Guibril, 83, 85, 247–248

Gugler, Joseph, 14

Guinea, 52, 238

Guinea Bissau, 52, 238

guise, 210

gunshots, 39, 254

handicapped, 139–141

handouts, 224, 233

handyman, 99

Harrow, Kenneth, 15

harsh, 46, 71, 76, 85, 189

Hazoumé, Paul, 6

health hazards, 199

heartbreaking love affairs, 121

Hegel, Georg W. F., 42

hegemony, 53–55, 164, 213

heir, 133, 247

hemispheres, 217

hereditary, 66

heritage, 30, 56, 68, 95, 131, 148

Hermit Road, 179, 220, 222

heroine, 36, 215

heterogeneity, 130

hibiscus, xiv, xv

hierarchy, 169, 173, 188, 192, 214, 218

high heels, 190, 219

historical, 3, 6, 9, 12–14, 18, 20, 29–30, 32, 37, 46, 66, 68, 72, 82, 203, 223, 257, 259

history, 8, 12–17, 21, 23–24, 29, 32, 35, 37, 41–42, 89, 96, 121, 128–129, 131, 225, 238, 261

hollywood, 4, 8, 66

homogeneity, 209

horizontal, 121, 190

horse, 75, 78, 81, 111, 174, 245

hostage, 38, 47, 179, 253, 259

hostility, 129, 155

Hountondji, Paulin, 34

housework, 219

Hugo, 6, 34–35

human migration, 211

hurdles, 14, 24, 166