Senufon.
/səˈnuːfəʊ/ 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 attributive or as adj.
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1911 F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. i. 34 The Senufu..inhabit a big area of territory in the Ivory Coast hinterland.
1913 F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. II. xx. 317 Primeval languages not elsewhere classed:—Berber,..Bisogo,..Senufo.
1913 F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. II. xxi. 324 The Senufo group,..in the Ivory Coast lagoons.
1928 Africa 1 220 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.
1935 Chambers'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.
1969 W. B. Morgan & J. C. 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.
1972 Times 28 Nov. 24/5 (advt.) A Senufo carved-wood mask.
1972 Language 48 848 7a is given by..Sedlak for..Baule, Gbeya, Senufo-Senadi.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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