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.
| 1911 F. W. H. Migeod Languages of W. Afr. I. i. 34 The Senufu..inhabit a big area of territory in the Ivory Coast hinterland. 1913 Ibid. II. xx. 317 Primeval languages not elsewhere classed:—Berber,..Bisogo,..Senufo. Ibid. xxi. 324 The Senufo group,..in the Ivory Coast lagoons. 1928 Africa 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. 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 Morgan & 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 XLVIII. 848, 7a is given by..Sedlak for..Baule, Gbeya, Senufo-Senadi. |