Talk:Caste system in Africa

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This is very interesting article, but it lacks citations. Are they any citable materials for this information. I have been researching the issue and to date have found very little information. --David W. Baylor 14:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I've just added some more info - without citations also, I'm afraid (though I'm a bit familiar with the matter from living in the West Africa and studying it). This article is IMO a perfect example of the kind of Wikipedia article that could be focused on by African studies courses - i.e., a student critiques & rewrites an article to a higher standard for class credit. I also note that this article is linked to very few other articles, even ones on African societies that would be a "must" in terms of completeness of the latter (I added one to Fula people and one to Mandé, just to get it started). Sorry no references to pass on, offhand, though some for West Africa in particular are in French. --A12n 17:05, 10 February 2007 (UTC)