@article{59486,
  author     = {Jackson, M.},
  journal    = {Cultural anthropology},
  number     = {2},
  pages      = {235-254},
  title      = {The migration of a name: reflections on Alexander in Africa},
  volume     = {2},
  year       = {1987},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  jfmnote    = {Mostly about Kuranko oral traditions and a mythical figure Yilkanani, whose name derives from Dhul-Quarnein, Arabic for Alexander the Great. Thus 'the Macedonian world-conqueror who referred his origins to a North African god, centuries later figures as an ancestor of a ruling lineage in a remote West African society. Ironically, this transmigration of Alexander's name has taken place as a result of Islam – a faith that the Marah rulers steadfastly repudiated for centuries, and a faith that did not even exist in Alexander's time' (p. 240).},
  keywords   = {;naf;waf;srl;ant;ltr;u.712;x.211;},
  lgcode     = {Kuranko [knk] (autotranslated from Maho's coding system)},
  macro_area = {Africa},
  src        = {eballiso2009}
}