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Senufo|səˈnuːfəʊ|
Also Senoufo, Senufu.
[Akan.]
A people of the Ivory Coast in western Africa; any of the sub-group of Gur (Niger-Congo) languages (or dialects) spoken by them. Also attrib. or as adj.
1911F. W. H. Migeod Languages of W. Afr. I. i. 34 The Senufu..inhabit a big area of territory in the Ivory Coast hinterland. 1913Ibid. II. xx. 317 Primeval languages not elsewhere classed:—Berber,..Bisogo,..Senufo. Ibid. xxi. 324 The Senufo group,..in the Ivory Coast lagoons. 1928Africa I. 220 The best examples of this Western Sudanese art, in the work of the Bammana, Senoufo, Itabe and Mossi, show a strong preponderance of the tendency to cover with ornament. 1935Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 609/1 The Siena or Senufo hold that a man's soul passes into the body of his totem-animal, and conversely the spirit of the dead animal enters a new-born child of the clan. 1969Morgan & Pugh W. Afr. i. i. 24 The Senoufo are a Voltaic community who have adopted many Manding and Akan customs. They live well to the south, in sub-Sudanic and sub-Guinean environments. 1972Times 28 Nov. 24/5 (Advt.), A Senufo carved-wood mask. 1972Language XLVIII. 848, 7a is given by..Sedlak for..Baule, Gbeya, Senufo-Senadi. |