Tesserae of Borno

INHALT: Gisela Seidensticker-Brikay: Writings of Wilhelm Seidensticker Heinrich Bergstresser: Reflections on a Late Friend Ludwig Gerhardt: Das einzige Mittel richtiger Erkenntnis und friedlichen, freundlichen Verkehrs im Menschenleben – H. Barth und die afrikanischen Sprachen Dymitr Ibriszimow / Doris Löhr: Types, Patterns and Kinds of Lexical Distribution and Their Correlations Eldridge Mohammadou: Climate and History in Central Sudan, 18th and 19th Centuries – Baare-Chamba Expansion from Upper Benue Region (Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, C. A. R., Gabon) Christopher Y. Mtaku: The Role of Food in Funerals in Northeast Nigeria – Some Selected Cases Eva Rothmaler: The Situation of Kanuri in Primary Schools in Maiduguri James H. Wade / Márta Galántha: Weaving Symbols – Textiles for the Living and the Dead among the Fali of the Mandara Mountains Ibrahim Maina Waziri: The Unity in Diversity of Oral and Written Evidence in the History of Bole Fika