R. E. Dennett

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Richard Edward Dennett was an English trader operating out of the Kongo (present day Republic of Congo) in the early 20th century who wrote a number of books that were influential on sociological and anthropoligical research on the cultures of West Africa.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Seven years among the Fjort; Being an English trader's experiences in the Congo district (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887)
  • At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes on the kingly office in West Africa (Cass library of African studies, 1906)
  • Nigerian studies; Or, The religious and political system of the Yoruba (Cass library of African studies, 1910)
  • My Yoruba alphabet (Macmillan, 1916)
  • Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo) (Publications of the Folklore Society. 41, 1967)


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