Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

4/1/1984 - 3/31/1985

Funding Totals

$20,000.00 (approved)
$20,000.00 (awarded)


Translation of a West African history (1712-1827)

FAIN: RL-20620-84

David C. Conrad
Unaffiliated Independent Scholar (Stinson Beach, CA 94970)

To support preparation of the original language text and a translation of a book-length traditional oral history from Bambara Segou (Mali, West Africa), which spans the reigns of nine rulers (1712-1827), and covers the most active years of the Atlantic slave trade.