BULSA BIBLIOGRAPHY
[Most of the articles published in BULUK are not included in the bibliography]
Abayorik Akanbangm, David
2001 Religious Pluralism. A Quest for Local Ecumenism in the Builsa District. A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of a certificate in Theology. St. Victor’s Major Seminary Tamale.
Abbey, E.T.A., Okunor, Vincent and E.A. Mensah (eds.)
1992 Buli Primer, National Functional Literacy Campaign for Social Change; Non-Formal Education Division (Ministry of Education) Ghana, Accra.
[A4, 108 pp.]
Afrilove (ed.)
n.d. Yeezu ale gyo Jerusalem la. (8 pp.) Windhoek, Namibia (ku kan da).
Agaasa, Lucy and Hager Ampa-Korsah
2016 Feok Festival Costumes: Evolution & Socio-Cultural Importance, Journal of Culture, Society and Development, vol. 24: 61-65.
Agalic, James
1978 Story-Telling among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 103, 2, 261-278.
1981 Sacrifice in Bulsa Traditional Religion, Dep. of Religious Studies, University of Cape Coast.
[B.A. examination paper; unpublished typescript, 104 pages]
1983a Buli Yam Saka Wamagisima. Proverbs of the Bulsa, Institute of African Studies, Legon.
1983b Buli Sunsuelima (Yam Saka Sunsuelima), Institute of African Studies, Legon.
[twelve Bulsa stories written in Buli)
1988 Bulsa Traditional Religion and Moral Values as Portrayed in Stories. Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of philosophy in African studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.
[M.A. examination paper, 197 pages, unpublished typescript, data from publications and personal interviews]
Agandin, John B.,
2015 The Adventures of Asuom. "Folktales from Northern Ghana". Accra: Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited.
(10 Bulsa folktales in English)
Agbedor, Paul
2003 Reflexivation in Buli: a Preliminary Observation. In: Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu and Emmanuel Kweku Osam (eds): Studies in the Languages of the Volta Basin 1. Proceedings of the Annual Colloquium of the Legon-Trondheim Linguistics Project, 4-6 December 2002, pp. 147-152. Legon, Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
Agyenta, Alfred
n.d. (1987?) Bulsa Ancestor Cult in the Light of the Gospel, Wiaga.
[examination-paper]
Ajala Anankabil
1992 Vom Gebläse zum Amboß. Wie ich Schmiedemeister wurde, (translated and revised by F. Kröger und Danlardy Amoak Leander), in: Zwei Eisen im Feuer. Schmieden im Kulturvergleich, ed. E. Tietmeyer, Münster, pp. 33-37.
[Biography of a Bulsa blacksmith told by Ajala from Wiaga-Chiok]
Akanko, Peter Paul A.
1988 Oral traditions of Builsa. Origin and early History of the Atuga Clan in the Builsa State (1700-1900), Rosengarden, Denmark.
Akankyalabey, Pauline F.
1984 A History of the Builsa People, Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon.
[B.A. examination paper, 76 pages; data from publications and personal interviews]
2005 Geschichte der Bulsa. In: Miriam Grabenheinrich and Sabine Klocke-Daffa (eds.): 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen. Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana. pp. 29-37, Münster.
Akankyalabey, Melanie et al.(ed.)
2003 The Diamond Jubilee of Wiaga Mission. Wiaga (unpublished typescript).
Akanlig-Pare, George
1988 Towards a Phonological Study of Tone in the Wiani Dialect of Buli, Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana, Legon.
[B.A. examination paper, 59 pages; holds that Buli has only two different tonal heights)
1994 Aspects of Buli Phonology. Legon: University of Ghana [typescript].
1995 Bumbobroma dek ale ngmarisi weengade. Bumbobroba karung gbang ning nyono 1. National Functional Literacy Programme. Non-Formal Education Division. Ministry of Education, Ghana.
1996a Tiisa Vukka. written by Kwabena Amponsah, translated by George Akanlig-Pare, Adwinsa Publications Ltd.
1996b Tueta Longika. Sinsaga- Mobika Wee. written by Kwabena Amponsah, translated by George Akanlig-Pare, Adwinsa Publications Ltd.
1996c Biisim Ngoosika Nyuenta (Breast feeding), written by Kwabena Amponsah, translated by George Akanlig-Pare, Adwinsa Publications Ltd.
1996d "Aids" tuemu: fi le fi nye dii ate bu kan paari fu. Adwinsa Publications Ltd.
1997 Tonal Structure of Buli Phonological Nouns, Gur Papers, No. 2, 63-67.
1999 Nominal Derivation in Buli. Gur Papers / Cahiers voltaïques No. 4, 99-109.
2000 Palatalisation in Buli. Research Review New Series, Suppl. 14, 131-138.
2002 Vowel Harmony in Buli. In: Felix K. Ameka and Emmanuel Kweku Osam: New Directions in Ghanaian Linguistics pp. 265-278, Legon, Department of Linguistics, University of Ghana.
Akanlig-Pare, George and P.W. Amoak
1996 Buli Primer. National Functional Literacy Programme. Non-Formal Education Division. Ministry of Education, Ghana.
1997 Tonal Structure of Buli Phonological Nouns, Gur Papers, No. 2, 63-67
2001 Buli Gbang. Ning Nyono Gbang (1). National Functional Literacy Programme. Non-Formal Education Division. Ministry of Education, Ghana.
Akanlig-Pare, George and Michael Kenstowicz
2003a Studies in Buli Grammar. MIT working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages, vol. 4, Cambridge.
2003b Tone in Buli. In: George Akanlig-Pare and Michael Kenstowicz (eds.): Studies in Buli Grammar. MIT working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages, vol. 4, 1-34, Cambridge.
Akapata, Isaac (Fr.)
2009 Biuk - A Village with Bulsa Traditions. Buluk. Journal of Bulsa Culture and Society. No 5, p. 34-41.
Alediin, Margaret (see also GILLBT)
2001 Gaana Tengka Wadaa Gbang. The 1992 Constitution of Ghana Abridged. (Buli). (38 pp.) Published and printed by GILLBT, Tamale.
2003 Tarakooma Tuem Yiak ka. Get Rid of Trachoma. GILLBT Tamale.
Alediin, Margaret and Peter Wangara (transl.)
1999 Ngmeka Gbang Buye Nyonowa. GILLBT Tamale.
Alediin, Margaret and Apusik Anoinmoin
2000 Tiisa zuk nyaamisim. Taking care of trees (Buli) . (25 pp.) Published and printed by GILLBT, Tamale.
Alhassan, Ahmed Bako
1991 Babatu in Dagbon. (unpublished typescript, 20 pp.)
Amherst, H.W.
1947 Diary (manuscript).
[p.3, April 16th, 1947: short note on Sandema and Wiaga].
Amoak, Leander
1982? Buli Gbangsa Sita, Ghana Education Service, Sandema.
[manuscript of a textbook for schools]
Agandin, John B.,
2015 The Adventures of Asuom. "Folktales from Northern Ghana". Accra: Afram Publications (Ghana) Limited.
[10 Bulsa folktales in English, reviewed in BULUK 9 by F. Kröger]
2016 Two Poems (The Matrimonial Dance and Feok). Buluk 9
Anonymous
n.d. Ba biak ti varibasidoa. Liberty Press Ltd., Accra [Christmas Gospel, Luke, chapter 2]
Anonymous
1973 Builsa Traditional Marriage. Builsa Herald, no 2, Catholic Mission Printing Press, 3-4.
1974 Marriage in Builsa. Builsa Herald, no 3, Catholic Mission Printing Press, Wiaga, 8-10
Anonymous
* s.d. Buli Naawen Gbaŋka zamsika No. 1, Pool Gbaŋka Ate Wa ŋmarisi A te Filipai Demma La Cop. United Bible Society
* s.d. Buli Naawen Gbaŋka Zamsika No. 2, Pool Gbaŋka A le Wa ŋmarisi Ate Kolose Demma La Cop. United Bible Society.
Anquandah, James
1998 Koma - Bulsa. Its Art and Archaeology. Rome: Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'oriente.
Apaak, Clement Abas
1996 Bulsa Architecture and its Relevance to Archaeology. A dissertation presented to the Department of Archaeology, University of Ghana, Legon, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a B.A. (Social Science) Honours Degree (Archaeology).
Apentiik, Rowland
1977 Bulsa Technologies and Systems of Thought. Calgary (MA-thesis). 321 pp. (unpublished typescript)
2002 An Ethnological Study of Bulsa Land Use, Upper East Region of Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Development. A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The University of Calgary, Calgary (Alberta, Canada).
Arhin, Kwame (?)
1973 Sandema - a study of traditional and modern economy, political history, organisation and incipient urbanization. Current Africanist Research. International Bulletin 3, 5409.
Armitage, C.H.
1924 The Tribal Markings and Marks of Adornment of the Natives of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, London, Royal Anthrop. Institute.
[pp. 7, 11, 22-23 short notes on the "Kanjarga"]
Arnheim, Margaret Bawa Lariba
1979 Daam dika - The Brewing of Millet Beer. [unpublished Manuscript]
Asekabta, Robert (ed.)
1973ff. Builsa Herald, Catholic Mission Printing Press, Wiaga.
Asianab Afoko, Francis
1970 The Ayietas.
[67 pages typescript; history of the Sandema Chief's family; one copy in possession of R. Schott]
Atayaaba, Gerald
1993 Dokdem Baai Ale Kan Ka Kyoa La. National Functional Literacy Programme. Non-Formal Education Division. Ministry of Education, Ghana.
Atemboa, George
1998 The impact of slave trade on the Builsa. In: Allison Howell (ed.): The Slave Trade and Reconciliation: A Northern Ghanaian Perspective. Navrongo and Accra: Bible Church of Africa, SIM Ghana.
Awedoba, Albert K.
1985 Bilingualism and Language Shift in Navrongo. Research Review (Legon) vol. 1,2, p. 203-224.
2009 An Ethnographic Study of Northern Ghanaian Conflicts: Towards a Sustainable Peace. Key aspects of past, present and impending conflicts in Northern Ghana and the mechanisms for their address. Legon (Accra): Sub-Saharan Publishers.
[pp. 113-118: The Chuchuliga Chieftaincy Affair; pp. 118-121: Sandema Chieftaincy Affair]
Awen, Agnes and Ulrike Blanc
1997 Asibis Geschichte - Leben in einem kleinen Dorf im Norden Ghanas. In: U.Bertels, S. Eylert and C. Lütkes (ed.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine. Einblicke in das Familienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin, pp. 85-109.
Awen, Gosper und Ulrike Blanc
1997 Ansichten über Familie in Ghana und Deutschland. In: U.Bertels, S. Eylert und C. Lütkes (Hg.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine. Einblicke in das Famlilienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin, pp.128-135.
Ayaric, Ghanatta
1992 Oral Literature in Africa: A Study of the Types, Characteristics and Functions of the Oral Literature of the Bulsa of Northern Ghana, University of Bremen.
[unpublished examination paper, 140 pages]
2005 Der Weg zum Studienrat. Ein Bulsa in Deutschland. In: Miriam Grabenheinrich and Sabine Klocke-Daffa (eds.): 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen. Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana. pp. 95-105, Münster.
Azantinlow Ayieta, Sir (late Paramount Chief)
1988 Bulsa Tengka Korumu / The History of the Bulsa Country. Recorded and Translated by Rüdiger Schott, Münster.
Azantinlow, John
n.d. Collection of stories and other material in Buli.
[approx. 400 pages, unpublished; photocopies with R. Schott]
Barker, Peter
1983 Peoples, Languages and Religion in Northern Ghana - a Preliminary Report. Ghana Evangelism Committee in association with Asempa Publishers.
Bendor-Samuel, John. T.
1965 The Grusi Sub-Group of the Gur Languages, Journal of West African Languages, 2, 47-55.
Bening, R. Bagulo
1971 The Development of Education in Northern Ghana 1908-57, Ghana Social Science Journal, 1,2 1-42.
1990 A History of Education in Northern Ghana 1907-1976. Ghana Universities Press Accra.
Berinyuu, Abraham A.
1997 History of the Presbyterian Church in Northern Ghana. Accra: Asempa Publishers, Christian Council of Ghana, (pp. 108-154: Sandema District, by Rev. Colin F. Paton, Rev. Robert & Mrs Louise Duncan and Alan Byers).
Beyer, Klaus
1998 Pferde, Schwerter und Macht. Eine historisch-vergleichende Studie zu Kulturwortfeldern in den Oti-Volta-Sprachen. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Binger, L.G.
1892 Du Niger au Golfe de Guinée, 2 vols., Paris.
[vol. II, p. 36: facial scarifications of the "Tiansi ou Boulsi"]
Blair, Harold Arthur
[1932] Language Groups; manuscript in the Rhodes-House Library, Oxford.
[p.1-4 classification of Northern Ghanaian languages; "Builsa" grouped among the early Gur invaders].
[1936-37] A Trek in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast; manuscript in the Rhodes- House Library, Oxford.
[23 pages; Blair's visit to Sandema on January 8th, 1937, notes on the "Zaberimi" raids and on Bulsa archery].
Blanc, Ulrike
1993 Lieder in Erzählungen der Bulsa, Nord-Ghana. Eine musikethnologische Untersuchung. Münster and Hamburg: Lit-Verlag.
2000 Musik und Tod bei den Bulsa (Nordghana). Münster, Hamburg, London: Lit-Verlag.
2005 “Music makes the world go round”. In: Miriam Grabenheinrich and Sabine Klocke-Daffa (eds.): 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen. Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana. pp. 61-67, Münster.
Blank, Doris
1981 Die Bedeutung traditioneller Organisationsformen im ländlichen Afrika - untersucht am Beispiel der Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. Wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Magister Artium der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg.
[M.A. examination paper]
The British and Foreign Bible Society
1962 Labaari nalinsa ŋa a soa se Marko ale ŋmarisi dii la, London. [Gospel of St. Mark]
Brüggemann, Anne
1986 Amagdala und Akawuruk. Das Zwillingsmotiv in westafrikanischen Erzählungen der Bulsa, Mossi und Bambara, Kulturanthropologische Studien, eds. R. Schott and G. Wiegelmann, vol. 13, Hohenschäftlarn.
[twins in Bulsa, Mossi and Bambara stories]
Builsa District: District Human Development Report 2004:
see: Jebuni, Charles D.
Bukari, Kaderi Noagah
A concomitant of Conflict and Consensus: Case of a Chieftaincy Succession in Ghana. Peace and Conflict Studies, vol 23, no 1, article 5: 1-26 [the Bulsa chieftaincy election system: a model for other Ghanaian states?]
Byers, Alan
see Berinyuu 1997
Cardinall, A.W.
1920 The Natives of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. Their Customs, Religion and Folklore, London.
[many scattered notes on the ethnography of the Bulsa; p. 116: a short word list of animal names in Buli].
1923 Notes on Fire and Fire-making, Man 23,85, 139-40.
[Bulsa oil-lamps; a sacred fire in Gbedema].
1927 In Ashanti and Beyond, London.
[several scattered notes on the ethnography and the country of the Bulsa].
1932 The Gold Coast, Census Office, Accra.
Champagné, P. Emery
1944 Traits de la vie paienne dans la Préfecture Apostolique de Navrongo (N.T. of Gold Coast Colony], Annali Lateranensi, 8, 147-154.
[chapters on "Consécration des enfants aux manes des ancêtres" and "Un enterrement"]
Clarke, John
1848 Specimens of Dialects. Short Vocabularies of Languages and Notes of Countries and Customs of Africa, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
[first written source about Buli words?].
Cole, H.M. and D.H. Ross
1977 The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles.
Dancy, Paul, see G.I.L.L.B.T.
Dancy, Paul
n.d. [The Bulsa Calendar] [9 pp.]
Davies, Oliver
1970 Ghana Field Notes, Part 2: Northern Ghana, Department of Archaeology, Legon.
[scattered notes on prehistoric finds in Chuchuliga, Fumbisi, Sandema, Wiaga and Wiesi]
de Tressan, Lavergne
1953 Inventaire linguistique de l'Afrique occidentale française et du Togo, Mém. IFAN, 30.
Delafosse, Maurice
1904 Vocabulaires comparatifs de plus de 60 langues ou dialectes parlés à la Côte d'Ivoire et dans les Regions limitrophes..., Paris.
1912 Haut-Sénégal-Niger (Soudan Français), 2 vols. Paris.
[vol. I, p. 130: "Tiansé [Kian]" and "Boulsé [Boua]"; p. 155: population statistics on the "Boua"; vol. II, p. 421: battle of Lt. Chanoine with Babatu at "Gandiaga" [Kanjaga] on 14 March, 1897].
1924 ‘Groupe Voltaique’ in: Meiller and Cohen, Les Langue du Monde, Paris
Der, Benedict
2001 Christian Missions and the Expansion of Western Education in Northern Ghana. In: Yakubu Saaka (ed.): Regionalism and Public Policy in Northern Ghana. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag.
Dietz, Ton
2009 Participatory, holistic evaluation of development initiatives in Sandema (Builsa District) Upper East Region Ghana.
https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/15407[Report on a Sandema workshop 15-17 September 2008, with a chronological list of recent local history, 1924-2008]
Dinslage, Sabine
1981 Mädchenbeschneidung in Westafrika. Kulturanthropologische Studien, eds. R.Schott and G. Wiegelmann, vol. 5, Hohenschäftlarn (Bambara, Bulsa, Dogon, Gurma, Malinke and Ubi).
2002 Erotic Folktales of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana. In: Mihály Hoppál and Eszter Csonka-Takács (ed.): Eros in Folklore. European Folklore Institute Budapest.
Dinslage, Sabine and Sabine Steinbrich,
1992 Ethnologische Symbolanalyse am Beispiel der Namengebung in Westafrika, in: W. Krawietz, L. Pospisil, S. Steinbrich (eds.): Sprache, Symbole und Symbolverwendungen in Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Religion und Recht. Festschrift für Rüdiger Schott zum 65. Geburtstag. pp. 13-50, Berlin.
(personal names among the Lyela, Mossi, Bwa, Tuareg, Tallensi, and Bulsa)
Eyre-Smith, St. J.
1933 A Brief Review of the History and Social Organization of the People of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Govt. Printer, Accra. [45 pages].
Feldmann, Jürgen
1990a Hacke und Pflug: Gesellschaftlicher Übergang bei den Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. In: S. Isbrand, G. Lübke and E. Mock-Bieber (eds.): Selbstbestimmt und solidarisch. Fallstudien über Selbsthilfe in der Dritten Welt. ASA-Studien 21, Saarbrücken - Fort Lauderdale
1990b Steinamboß und Ochsenpflug. Mechanismen des Transformationsprozesses von einer traditionellen zu einer kapitalisierten Gesellschaft am Beispiel des Kulturwandels im Metallhandwerk der Bulsa in Nord-Ghana, Magister Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des Magister Artium (M.A.) im Fachbereich Geschichtswissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Historische Ethnologie, Frankfurt.
(modern changes of traditional blacksmithing; unpublished M.A. examination paper, 213 pages)
Ferreira, Marecelo and Heejeong Ko
2003 Questions in Buli. In: George Akanlig-Pare and Michael Kenstowicz (eds.): Studies in Buli Grammar. MIT working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages, vol. 4, 35-44, Cambridge.
Fraser, Douglas
1974 African art as philosophy. New York, Interbook [140 pp., produced for a photographic exhibition at Columbia University, Builsa and Tallensi art works: pp. 19-20].
Fröhlich, Willy
1940 Das afrikanische Marktwesen, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 72, 234-328. [p. 263-64 a six-day market among the Bulsa]
Gaisie, G.H.F. (Forestry Department, Gold Coast)
n.d. Provisional Table of Uses of Trees and Shrubs in the Northern Territories, Bulletin No. 5, Govt. Press, Tamale, compiled by G.H.F. Gaisie, forester.
[contains a list of 109 plants with their botanical names and their names in Kasem, Nankanni and Buli]
Gariba, Joshua
n.d. Weaving the Fabric of Life: An Anthropological Presentation of Traditional Dwelling Culture among the Bulsa of North Eastern Ghana (unpublished manuscript, 19 pp.)
GILLBT (Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation)
1980 [Ian and Claire Gray] Te Ti Zamsi Buli [Let us learn Buli] 4 vols.
1983 [Paul Dancy] Learn to Read and Write Buli. For those who already know how to read English and want to learn to read Buli.
1984a Luuk Gbangka; Charika 1 ale 2. [Chapter 1 and 2 of the gospel of St. Luke]
1984b? [Paul Dancy] Maak Gbangka. Trial edition of Mark's Gospel in Buli.
1984c? [Paul Dancy] Buli Wamagsima Gela [140 Buli proverbs with English translation].
1984d? [Paul Dancy] Te Ti Karim Buli. 4 vols. (vol. I: Te Ti Gomsi Buli Karimka) [Let us learn Buli, Buli Primer]
1985-90 Buli Karung Gbang. Maga maga ale yik waaung juik.
8 volumes.
1985a Asuom ale Akalaasing ale sunsuelima nga chaab. Buli Traditional Stories 1. Tamale
1985b Dii nying ale soa ate Abunoruk a ta zu-kaba la.
Buli Traditional Stories 2, Tamale.
1985c Nyingyogsa Wie Gbang, 2 vol., [health and hygiene]
1985d Kpari a kan yaali yam a jogi. [agriculture] Tamale.
1985e Yam Sakka Sunsuilima [fables].
1985f Dunsa Wamagsima, Tamale.[proverbs about animals]
1988 Asuom ale Apiuk [fable] Tamale.
1990 Amaak. Gospel of Mark in Buli. International Bible Society.
1992 Agyon, Tamale [gospel of John].
1995 Naawen Gbang Paalika. The New Testament in Buli, The Bible League and GILLBT.
1998a Habakkuk. GILLBT-Bolga.
1998b Jona. Jonah. GILLBT-Bolga.
1999a Arut. Ruth. GILLBT-Bolga.
1999b Naawen Ale Bo Wabaata Nyam Buusa. Ezekiel 18. GILLBT-Bolga.
1999 Piilimka Gbangka. Genesis 1-9. GILLBT-Bolga.
2000 Ni te ti biisi Felini. Let's speak English.
2002 Naa Tuni ne Lampooma: Ate Ku Maa Gomisi Gaana. Pay your taxes and help build Ghana, translated by Margaret Alediin, Norbert Akpilaanya and Martin Akandawen.
no date: Jeems Gbangka ale Pool Gbansa Siyewa ate wa ngmarisi a te Tesalonika demma la.
Trial Edition of James and I & II Thessalonians in Buli.
Ni le ni nye dii a nak yiak ni dachiaka Kanchuinsa la. How to beat your enemy - Measles.
Buli wamagsima gela.
Ghana Presbyterian Wendoku
1975? Sandema Wen Puusa Ale Yiila.
[Presbyterian Prayer- and Hymn-Book in Buli]
Goody, Jack
1954 The Ethnography of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, West of the White Volta, Colonial Office, London.
[59 pages typescript]
Goody, Jack, and S.J. Tambiah
1973 Bridewealth and Dowry, Cambridge.
Gray, Ian R.
1978a Buli Noun Classes, Sandema and Tamale (G.I.L.L.B.T.).
1978b Buli Concord, Sandema and Tamale (G.I.L.L.B.T.).
1980 see G.I.L.L.B.T.
Gray, Ian and Claire
1979 Buli Phonology. ms., GILLBT.
Grabenheinrich, Miriam and Sabine Klocke-Daffa
2005 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen. Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana. Münster: Institut für Ethnologie [Handbook of the Bulsa Exhibition].
Greenberg, Joseph H.
1966 Languages of Africa, 2nd edition, Indiana, Bloomington.
Heermann, Ingrid
1979 The development of the Markets among the Bulsa - Traditional Values and New Incentives. In: Mainzer Geographische Studien, Heft 17: Market-Place Exchange - Spatial Analysis and Policy (Mainz), 19-28.
1981 Subsistenz- und Marktwirtschaft im Wandel. Wirtschaftsethnologische Forschungen bei den Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. Kulturanthropologische Studien, eds. R. Schott and G. Wiegelmann, vol. 2, Hohenschäftlarn: Renner Verlag.
Hiraiwa, Ken
2003a Relativization in Buli. In: George Akanlig-Pare and Michael Kenstowicz (eds.): Studies in Buli Grammar. MIT working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages, vol. 4, 45-84. Cambridge.
2003b The Morphosyntax of Extraction in Buli. Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ University of Ghana.
Holden, J.J.
1965 The Zabarima Conquest of Northwest Ghana, Part I. Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana, 8, 60-86.
[Bulsa mentioned frequently; based partly on unpublished field-notes of inquiries in 1964].
1968 Maps of "Gurunsi" and the Upper Volta basin in the late 19th century. Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana 8, 60-86.
Howell, Allison M.
1997 The Religious Itinerary of a Ghanaian People. Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Wien: Peter Lang Verlag [Kasena, some references to Bulsa].
Hsiao, Franny
*2003 Reduplication in Buli. In: George Akanlig-Pare and Michael Kenstowicz (eds.): Studies in Buli Grammar. MIT working Papers on Endangered and Less Familiar Languages, vol. 4, pp.... Cambridge.
Hughes, Mark H.
1947 Depopulation in the Sisili Area, Navrongo; manuscript in the Rhodes-House Library, Oxford.
[references to "Sinyensi" and "Vare"].
1948 Vare. A Study in Rural Decay; manuscript in the Rhodes-House Library, Oxford.
[describes the situation of the Bulsa village of Vare; now distinct].
Jebuni, Charles D. (Centre for Policy Analysis) and Daniel Bagah (University for Development Studies)
Builsa District. Human Development Report 2004www.undp-gha.org/Bulsa%20District%20HDR%202004.pdf
Junner, N.R.
1936 Report on the Geological Survey Department for the Financial Year 1935-36. Ghana Geological Survey Reports. Gold Coast, Accra.
Kasanga, K.
1997 Agricultural land administration and social differentiation: a cas study of the Tano, Vea and Bumbisi belts of north eastern Ghana. Paper No. 10. Social Science Research Council, New York.
Kenstowicz, Michael
2004 Verbal Tone in Buli: a Morphosyntactic Analysis. MIT. Paper presented at 2004 Tonc Symposium, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, December 2004
Klocke-Daffa, Sabine
2007 Interkulturelles Lernen in Deutschland aus der Sicht der Ethnologie. In: Ursula Bertels, Sandra de Vries, Nina Nolte (Ed): Fremdes Lernen. Aspekte interkulturellen Lernens im internantionalen Diskurs. Praxis Ethnologie 3. Münster: Waxmann, S. 13-30.
[Comments to and photos of the Bulsa Exhibition]
Koelle, Sigismund Wilhelm
1854 Polyglotta Africana, London (reprint Graz 1963).
[Buli-wordlist, interviews with former Bulsa slaves].
Köhler, Oswin
1958 Zur Territorialgeschichte des östlichen Nigerbogens, Baessler Archiv, N.F. 6 (Berlin), 229-61.
[p. 238 "Builsa" mentioned as migrants among the Tallensi; p. 241 f. chapter on the ethno-historical composition of the Bulsa]
1964 Gur Languages in the Polyglotta Africana, Sierra Leone Language Review, 3, 65-73.
Konings, Piet
1984 Capitalist Rice Farming and Land Allocation in Northern Ghana, Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (Littleton, Colorado), 22, 89-119 (based on field-research on the Gbedembilisi rice project).
1986 The state and rural class formation in Ghana: A comparative analysis. London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley.
Kröger, Franz
1978 Übergangsriten im Wandel. Kindheit, Reife und Heirat bei den Bulsa in Nord-Ghana, Kulturanthropologische Studien, eds. R. Schott and G. Wiegelmann, vol. 1, Hohenschäftlarn: Renner Verlag.
[Rites of Passage: infancy, childhood, maturity and marriage...].
1980 The Friend of the Family or the Pok Nong Relation of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana, Sociologus, 30, 2, 153-165.
1982 Ancestor Worship among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana. Religious, Social and Economic Aspects, Kulturanthropologische Studien, eds. R. Schott and G. Wiegelmann, vol. 9, Hohenschäftlarn: Renner Verlag.
1984 The Notion of the Moon in the Calendar and Religion of the Bulsa (Ghana), Système de Pensée, Cahier 7, 149-151.
1986 Der Ritualkalender der Bulsa (Nordghana), Anthropos, 81, 671-681.
1987 Traditionelle und schulische Erziehung bei den Bulsa in Nordghana. Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 112, 2, 269-283.
[traditional education and school education].
1988 Die Terrakotta-Funde des Koma-Gebietes (Nordghana), Paideuma, 34, 129-142
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1992a Das Schmiedehandwerk der Bulsa in Nordghana. In: Zwei Eisen im Feuer. Schmieden im Kulturvergleich, ed. E. Tietmeyer, Münster, 11-32
[description of manufacturing methods and products of Bulsa blacksmiths].
1992b Buli-English Dictionary. With an Introduction into Buli Grammar and an Index English-Buli. Lit Verlag Münster and Hamburg.
1993a Schwarze Kreuze und Wahrsageobjekte: Tote und lebende Symbole der Bulsa, in: W. Krawietz, L. Pospisil and S. Steinbrich (eds.), Sprache, Symbole und Symbolverwendungen in Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Religion und Recht. Festschrift für Rüdiger Schott zum 65. Geburtstag. pp. 93-107, Berlin: Duncker and Humblot.
[black crosses and divinatory objects]
1993b Drums of the Bulsa (Northern Ghana). In: Esther A. Dagan (ed.), Drums. The Heartbeat of Africa. Galerie Amrad African Art Publications, Montréal (Canada), pp. 103-104.
1997a Brautraub? - Ein Beispiel aus Nordghana. in: S. Eylert, U. Bertels, C. Lütkes (eds.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine - Einblicke in das Familienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin, pp. 35-40.
1997b Wie finde ich einen Mann, der mich schwängert? - Das Problem der Unfruchtbarkeit in Nordghana. In: S. Eylert, U. Bertels, C. Lütkes (eds.): Mutterbruder und Kreuzcousine - Einblicke in das Familienleben fremder Kulturen. Münster, New York, München, Berlin, pp. 68-74.
1998a Der Einfluß der Ahnenverehrung auf die Verteilung und Rotation von Ackerland. Zeitschrift für den Erdkundeunterricht, no.1, pp. 12-19.
[The influence of ancestor veneration on the distribution and rotation of arable land]
1998b Die Eignung religionsethnologischer Themen für den Geographieunterricht. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Ahnenverehrung in Nordghana. Regensburger Beiträge zur Didaktik der Geographie, vol. 4: Deutscher Schulgeographentag in Regensburg 1998, Tagungsband 1, pp. 163-173.
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[Blacksmiths of the Bulsa]
2001a Materielle Kultur und traditionelles Handwerk bei den Bulsa (Nordghana). Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas (ed. R. Schott), 2 vols., Lit-Verlag, Münster and Hamburg.
[Material culture and traditional crafts...]
2001b Ky or ch? That's the Question. Discourse on Buli Orthography. Buluk 2, p. 35.
2003a The First Europeans in the Bulsa Area. Buluk 3, p. 29-32.
2003b Ethnographic Exploration of Northern Ghana’ Introduction to: Franz Kröger and Barbara Meier: Ghana’s North. Research on Culture, Religion and Politics of Societies in Transition. Peter Lang Verlag, pp. 3-10, bibliography: pp. 327-337.
2003c Ancestors - Elders - Sacrifices: Concepts and Meanings among the Bulsa. In: Franz Kröger and Barbara Meier (eds.): Ghana's North. Research on Culture, Religion and Politics of Societies in Transition, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt et al., pp. 243-262.
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2005b Was wird aus Anamogsis Gehöft? In: Miriam Grabenheinrich and Sabine Klocke-Daffa (eds.): 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen. Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana. pp. 85-93, Münster.
2005c Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (30 vol.): Überarbeitung des Bulsa Artikels Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut & Brockhaus AG.
2008 Raids and Refuge: The Bulsa in Babatu’s Slave Wars. Research Review, N.S., vol. 24,2, Institute of African Studies, University
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2009b Rhymes in Buli Proverbs, Songs and Poems. Research Review NS 25,1, pp. 39-46.
2009c Social and Cultural Change from A to Z. Buluk. Journal of Bulsa Culture and Society. No 5, p. 22-31.
2010a F. Kröger and Ben Baluri Saibu: First Notes on Koma Culture. Life in a Remote Area of Northern Ghana. Münster: Lit Verlag. [many passages contain a comparison of Bulsa and Koma culture]
2010b Ziegen lieben PVC. Recycling und Müllprobleme in Nordghana. In: Ethnologik 2010, 1, 37-39.
2011 Mit Nahrung spielt man nicht! Kinder und Tiere in Nordghana. In: B. Huse, I. Hellmann de Manrique, U.Bertels (Ed.): Menschen und
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2013 Das Böse im göttlichen Wesen. Der Mungokult der Bulsa und Koma (Nordghana). Anthropos 108,2 495-513.
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1988 Selbsthilfeförderung im ländlichen Raum der Dritten Welt. Das Beispiel der Bulsa Rehabilitation Programme, Upper East Region, Ghana, Geographisches Institut der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen.
Mallam Abu: see Pilaszewicz
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1951 Tribes of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Ethnographic Survey of Africa, ed. D. Forde, Western Africa, part V, London.
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[doglientiri-relationship]
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1972 Dictionnaire Buli - Français. Revu et présenté par A. Prost, Publications du Département de Linguistique Générale et de Langues Négro-Africaines de la Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de l'Université Dakar, no. 20.
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[Lieutenant-Colonel A. Morris's punitive expedition to Sandema].
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1983/84 Western Oti/Volta Lexinotes, Gbeduuri/Walewale.
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1987 Western Oti/Volta Pronoun Systems, in: U. Wiesemann (ed.), Pronominal Systems, Tübingen, 257-284.
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1964a Traditional and Contemporary Idioms of African Music, Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Cambridge, 16, 24-37. [short note on Bulsa music]
1994b Builsa Work Song (c. 1948), In: J.H. Kwabena Nketia (ed.): African Pianism, Twelve Pedagogical Pieces. Accra: Afram Publications, pp. 20-21.
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Ollivant (District Commissioner of Navrongo)
1933 A short history of the Buli, Nankani and Kassene speaking people in the Navrongo area of the Mamprusi District, (unpublished manuscript).
Packham, E.S.
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1973 Kisuk-Tiere der Bulsa. Zur Frage des "Totemismus" in Nord-Ghana. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von H. Petri, ed. K. Tauchmann, Köln and Wien, pp. 439-459.
1973/74 Haus und Wildtiere in der Religion der Bulsa (Nord-Ghana). Paideuma 19/20, pp. 280-306.
1977 Sources for a History of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana. Paideuma 23, pp. 141-168.
1978a Mission und Entwicklung in Afrika - dargestellt am Beispiel der Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. In: Weltmission in der Weltkrise, Vortragsreihe zum Monat der Weltmission in Münster, Oktober 1967, St. Augustin, pp. 63-80.
1978b Das Recht gegen das Gesetz: Traditionelle Vorstellungen und moderne Rechtsprechung bei den Bulsa in Nord-Ghana, in: Recht und Gesellschaft, Festschrift für Helmut Schelsky zum 65. Geburtstag, ed. F. Kaulbach und W. Krawietz, Berlin, 605-636.
1979 Anarchie und Tradition. In: Begründungen des Rechts, ed. U. Nembach, Göttinger theologische Arbeiten, vol. 9, Göttingen, pp. 22-35.
1980a Justice Versus the Law: Traditional and Modern Jurisdiction among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana. In: Law and State, 21, pp. 121-133.
1980b Le droit contre la loi: conceptions traditionelles et jurisdiction actuelle chez les Bulsa au Ghana du nord, in: Dynamiques et finalités des droits africains, ed. G. Conac, Paris, 280-306.
(translation of Schott, 1978b)
1980c Triviales und Transzendentes: Einige Aspekte afrikanischer Rechts-traditionen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. In: Entstehung und Wandel rechtlicher Traditionen, ed. W. Fikentscher, H. Franke, O. Köhler, Freiburg and München, pp. 265-301.
1981a Law and Development in Africa. In: Law and State, 24, pp. 30-41.
1981b Vengeance and Violence among the Bulsa of Northern Ghana. In: La Vengeance, Études d'ethnologie, d'histoire et de philosophie, vol. I: Vengeance et pouvoir dans quelques sociétés extra-occidentales, ed. R.Verdier, Paris, pp. 167-199.
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1983 Glaube und Brauch der Schmiede bei den Bulsa in Nord-Ghana. In: H.P. Duerr (ed.), Sehnsucht nach dem Ursprung. Zu Mircea Eliade, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 303-335.
1984 Die Einheit der Rechtskultur in der Vielheit der Rechtskulturen. In: Beiträge zur Rechtsanthropologie, Beiheft no 22, ARSP, pp.158-172.
1985 A Case Study of Living Law: Traditional and Modern Jurisdiction among the Bulsa in Northern Ghana. In: Quaderni Fiorentini per la storia del pensiero giuridico moderno 14, Milano, pp.149-172.
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1988c Die Ethnogenese von Völkern in Afrika, Studien zur Ethnogenese, Bd 2, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Abhandlung 78, pp.7-42.
1988d Eidos und Ethos - über einige Fragen der ethnographischen Inhaltsnanlyse afrikanischer Erzählungen, Münchener Beiträge zur Völkerkunde, 1, Festschrift László Vajda, pp. 205-217.
1988e Some Problems with Tale-Type, Motif and Keyword Indices in Analysing Folktales of the Bulsa (Northern Ghana). In: Walter Heissig and Rüdiger Schott (eds.): Die heutige Bedeutung oraler Traditionen . The Present-Day Importance of Oral Traditions. Opladen/ Wiesbaden, pp. 333-340.
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1989b Bericht über laufende Forschungen zur Motivanalyse afrikanischer Erzählungen im Seminar für Völkerkunde der Universität Münster, Fabula, Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung, 30, 1/2, pp.83-95.
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1990d Project of Comparative Analysis of Motifs and Themes in African Tales, Asian Folklore Studies, Nagodya, pp. 140-142.
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1992 Die soziale und religiöse Stellung des Bulsa-Schmiedes. In: Zwei Eisen im Feuer. Schmieden im Kulturvergleich, ed. E. Tietmeyer, Münster, pp.38-49.
1993a Bulsa Sunsuelima: Folktales of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana. Series S: Folktales of the Supernatural. Vol. 1: Tales of the Sky-God (Wen, Naawen). Part I. In: R. Schott (ed.): Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas, vol. 2. Münster and Hamburg: Lit-Verlag.
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1995b Le jugement chez deux peuples «acéphales» en Afrique occidentale: les Bulsa (Ghana) et les Lyéla (Burkina Faso). In: Droit et cultures, no 29: pp. 77-208.
1996a Bulsa Sunsuelima - Folktales of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana. Series S: Folktales of the Supernatural. Vol. 1: Tales of the Sky-God (Wen, Naawen). Part II-III. In: R. Schott (ed.): Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas, vol. 4. Münster and Hamburg: Lit-Verlag.
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-- Collection of approx. 1200 stories, songs, proverbs etc. in Buli with English translations (most of them unpublished; partly on tape).
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Schwarz, Anne
1995 Untersuchungen zum nominalen Klassensystem des Buli (Nordghana), MA Thesis, University of Hamburg.
1999 Preverbal negative markers in Buli. In: Gur Papers / Cahiers voltaïques No. 4, 91-98.
2000 Perfective verb tone in Buli. In: Gur Papers / Cahiers voltaïques No. 5, 149-155.
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? Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur. ... , 287-314.
2008 To be or not to be? About the copula system in Buli (GUR). Special WOCAL 6 Brasil, 263-277.
St. John-Parsons, D.
1958 Legends of Northern Ghana, London: Longmans.
[pp. 38-40 chapter on "Atuga, the Founder of the Builsa"; textbook for schools]
Stößel, Arnulf (ed.)
1984 Afrikanische Keramik. Traditionelle Handwerkskunst südlich der Sahara, München. Exhibition Catalogue.
[p. 103-105 and 257-264 Bulsa pottery and pots, 18 photos of Bulsa vessels]
Striewisch, Martin
1988 Die Bedeutung des Hirsebrauens für die wirtschaftliche und soziale Stellung der Frau in westafrikanischen Gesellschaften, Münster.
[unpublished M.A. thesis; the significance of pito-brewing is examined in several West African groups; p.168-179: Bulsa]
n.d. Staudämme der Bulsa [12 pp.]
Swadesh, Mauricio and Evangelina Arana with J.T. Bendor-Samuel and W.A.A. Wilson
1966 A Preliminary Glottochronology of Gur Languages, Journal of West African Languages, 3, 27-65.
Tauxier, Louis
1912 Le noir du Soudan - Pays Mossi et Gourounsi, Paris [chapter II, p. 275-294, ethnographic notes on "Les Bouras"; see also appendices no. 7-11 on the "Bouras"].
1924 Nouvelles notes sur le Mossi et le Gourounsi, Paris
[pp. 39, 41, 51 mention "les Tiansi ou Boulsi" or "Kiansi", as the "Gourounsi du Sud"; p. 94-142 extensive word-list, "Vocabulaire Kiansi", 550 words, collected from a woman of "Pisi" (?), p. 143f. Appendix X "Notices sur les Kiansi" where reference is made to Binger and Delafosse]
Tietmeyer, Elisabeth (ed.)
1992 Zwei Eisen im Feuer. Schmieden im Kulturvergleich, Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Westfälisches Museumsamt, Münster
[several chapters with many photos on Bulsa blacksmiths; see also Schott 1992 and Kröger 1992; pp. 93-110: a comparison between Bulsa and Westphalian blacksmiths by E. Tietmeyer]
United Bible Society (ed.)
n.d. Buli Naawen Gbangka Zamsika No. 1. Pool Gbanka Ate Wa Ngmarisi a Te Filipai.
n.d. Buli Naawen Gbangka Zamsika No. 1. Pool Gbanka Ate Wa Ngmarisi a Te Kolose Demma la.
Wangara, Peter (see also Alediin, Margaret and GILLBT)
1988 Asuom ale Apiuk [Hare and Hyena], GILLBT.
1994 Anyenya ale wa dokdemma nyingyogsa wie. National Functional Literacy Programme. Non-Formal Education Division. Ministry of Education, Ghana.
2000 Ku gbeling kama, ku an waangya. It has tilted, it has not poured. Published and printed by GILLBT, Tamale.
Westermann, Diedrich
1913 Die Mossi-Sprachgruppe im westlichen Sudan, Anthropos, 8, 467-504, 810-830.
[p. 469: "Kanjaga" not a Mossi-language]
1913-15 Die Grussisprachen im westlichen Sudan. Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen, 4. (1913/14): pp.161-180, 312-332; 5. (1914/15): pp. 45-76.
[4, 168: word-list, 312-332 grammar of ‘Kanjaga’].
1927 Die westlichen Sudansprachen und ihre Beziehungen zum Bantu, Beihefte zu den Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen, XXIX, Berlin.
[pp. 14 and 124: "Kanjaga" grouped among Grusi-languages]
Westermann, Diedrich and M.A. Bryan
1952 Handbook of African Languages, part 2: The Languages of West Africa, London.
(p. 62: "Kanjaga, own name buile (Bulugu, Bulea) ...spoken by Kanjaga (Builsa) ..."; p. 72 "Kanjaga" concords; p. 74 "nasal vowels and change of tone")
Wiaga Catholic Parish
n.d. Buli Mass.
[Buli hymns and prayers]
White Fathers (Roman Catholic Mission in Wiaga)
n.d. Buli Grammar.
Zwernemann, Jürgen
1960 Präexistenz und Prädestination im Voltagebiet und in Oberguinea, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 85, 187-196.
[p. 190 short reference to the Bulsa, based on Cardinall 1920]
1961 Les notions du dieu-ciel chez quelques tribus voltaïques, Études voltaïques, 2, pp.71-100.
[p. 90 on "Wen, Weni", 99f. comparative word-list]
1968a Die Erde in Vorstellungswelt und Kultpraktiken der sudanischen Völker, Berlin
[many scattered notes on the Bulsa]
1968b Ein "Gurunsi"-Vokabular aus Bahia: Ein Beitrag zur Afro-Amerikanistik, Tribus, 17, pp. 147-156.
[word-list from a Bulsa woman-slave in Brazil, published by N. Rodriques 1935; J. Zwernemann compares the vocabulary of this Bulsa woman with the word-lists in Koelle, Rattray and Westermann]