A History of the Arabs in the Sudan - Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01026-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 556 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 892 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacMichael, H. A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part IV. The Native Manuscripts of the Sudan; Explanatory note; Introduction; List of manuscripts translated; Index.