A History of the Arabs in the Sudan (Volume 2): And Some Account of the People who Preceded them and of the Tribes Inhabiting Dárfur: And Some Account ... Library Collection - African Studies)

MacMichael, H. A.

ISBN 10: 1108010261 ISBN 13: 9781108010269

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2011

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H. A. MacMichael was a member of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan government between 1905 and 1933. First published in 1922, this two-volume work – the result of almost twenty years ethnological research – provides a comprehensive history of the indigenous groups of Sudan. Volume 2 contains translations and analysis of genealogical manuscripts.

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H. A. MacMichael was a member of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan government between 1905 and 1933. This two-volume work, first published in 1922, is the culmination of almost twenty years' ethnological research conducted while MacMichael was stationed in various parts of Sudan. This ethnography provides detailed histories of the origins, movements and degrees of relation between indigenous groups in Sudan based on oral histories gained from interviews with local people, and on Sudanese genealogical records known as 'nisbas'. These records provide a valuable insight into the construction and fluidity of ethnic identity at a local and regional level, and have been widely used as a basis for subsequent investigations concerning identity in Sudan. Volume 2 contains translations of nisbas with an analysis of their relation to ethnic identities. This book contains opinions on ethnicity which were acceptable at the time it was first published.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108010261
• ISBN 13: 9781108010269
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 556