Bibliography
In chronological order; not complete:
An Ethnographic Bibliography of the Margi/Marghi
| 1857 | Barth, Henrich. Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa. Vol. 2. Harper Bros. |
| 1911 | Alexander, D. "Notes on ornaments of the Womdeo Pagans, who are a section of the Marghi pagans (female only)," Man 11:1. |
| 1922 | Temple, O. Notes on the Tribes, Provinces, Emirates and States of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria. (second edition reprinted in 1965) pp.271-274 |
| 1931 | Meek, C.K. Tribal Studies in Northern Nigeria. pp. 213-251. |
| 1959 | Kirk-Greene, A.H.M. “The mba ceremony of the Marghi,” The Nigerian Field, XXIV, No. 2 (reprinted as Appendix D in Adamawa Past and Present. 1958 by the same author.) |
| 1961 | Lembezat, B. “Les montagnards du Mandara” (Section A), Les Populations Païennes du Nord-Cameroun et de l’Adamaoua. Presses Universitaires de France. |
| 1961 | Podlewski, A.M. “Enquête sur l’émigration des Mafa hors du pays Matakam,” Rech. Etud. Cameroun. 5:73-95. This reference does not deal with the Margi; it deals with the demography of the Mafa who resided adjacent to and were in the process of penetrating the Gulak Margi in 1959. I consider his vital statistics to be valid for the Mandara Margi of that time. |
| 1962 | Vaughan, James H. "Rock paintings and Rock Gongs Among the Marghi of Nigeria," Man, LXII (April), No. 83. |
| 1963 | Hoffmann, Carl. A Grammar of the Margi Language. Oxford University Press. Although not an ethnography, Hoffmann uses sentences and expressions--in Margi of course--that I have found to be very useful. |
| 1964a | Vaughan, James H. "Culture, History, and Grass Roots Politics." American Anthropologist 66:1078-95. |
| 1964b | _ . "Religion and World View of the Marghi," Ethnology 3:389-97. |
| 1965 | _ . "Folklore and Values in Marghi Culture, Journal of the Folklore Institute 2:5-24. |
| 1970 | _ . "Caste Systems in the Western Sudan" in Social Stratification in Africa, A. Tuden and L. Plotnicov (eds.) Free Press. |
| 1973 | _ . "The Ingkyagu as an Artist in Marghi Society," in The Traditional Artist in African Society, Warren d'Azevedo (ed.). Indiana University Press. |
| 1976 | _ . "Mafakur: a Limbic Institution of the Marghi," in Slavery in Africa, Suzanne Miers and Igor Kopytoff (eds.). University of Wisconsin Press. |
| 1980 | _ . "A Reconsideration of Divine Kingship," in Explorations in African Systems of Thought, Ivan Karp and Charles S. Bird (eds.). Indiana University Press. |
| 1981 | _ . "Margi Resistance to Fulani Incorporation: A Curious Resolution," in Image and Reality in African Interethnic Relations, Emily A. Schultz (ed.). Studies in Third World Societies, No. 11. |
| 1990 | _ . "Aging in a Rural African Village," Working Papers No. 2, Population Institute for Research and Teaching. Indiana University. |
| 2000 | _ . The Margi of the Mandaras: A Society on the Verge. Indiana University. |
| 2001 | Amoni, Hajara Nijjida and Christopher Y. Mtaku. "Ladir kwovi: a southern Marghi festival," Borno Museum Society newsletter. 46/47:65-77. |
| 2006 | Bello I. Pur, Gulak Chiefdom:Historical Perspectives. AMS Publications Nigeria. |