R. E. Dennett

Richard Edward Dennett was an English trader operating out of the Kongo (present day Republic of Congo) in the early 20th century who wrote a number of books that were influential on sociological and anthropological research on the cultures of West Africa.

Bibliography

• Seven years among the Fjort; Being an English trader's experiences in the Congo district (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887)
• At the Back of the Black Man's Mind; Or, Notes on the kingly office in West Africa (Cass library of African studies, 1906)
• Nigerian studies; Or, The religious and political system of the Yoruba (Cass library of African studies, 1910)
• My Yoruba alphabet (Macmillan, 1916)
• Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo) (Publications of the Folklore Society. 41, 1967)
• "The Congo: from a trader's point of view," Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, 1886, pp. 283–306.
• "From Banana, at the Mouth of the Congo, to Boma; etc. [Letters by R.E. Dennet]," Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, 1887, pp. 112–23.
• "The Fjort: the Manners and Customs of the native Congo People," The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society, 1890, 1, pp. 26–29.
• "Death and Ritual of the Fiote," Folklore, 8, 1897, pp. 132–137.
• "Laws and Customs of the Fjort or Bavili Family, Kingdom of Loango," Journal of the African Society, 3, April 1902, pp. 259–87.
• "The religion of the Fjort or Fiote: 'Mavungu'," Journal of the African Society, 1901–02, pp. 452–54.
• "King Maluango's Court," Journal of the African Society, 1903–04, pp. 154–58.
• "The Court of the Slave Mamboma," Journal of the African Society, 1903–04, pp. 159–62.
• "A few Notes on the History of Loango (Northern Portion of Congo Coast)," Journal of the African Society, 1903–04, pp. 277–80.
• "Bavili Notes," Folklore, 16, 1905, pp. 371–406.