| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; 51 |
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African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; 51.
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| Contents |
Part 1: General and Comparative -- 1. Geographical -- 2. The Tribal Groups -- 3. Tribal Structure -- 4. Religious Beliefs -- 5. Crime and Punishment -- 6. Individual Life -- 7. Economic Life -- 8. Vital Statistics -- 9. Impact and Change -- Part 2: Individual Tribes -- 1. Nilo-Hamitic Group -- 2. Other Tribes of Eastern Mongalla -- 3. Tribes of the Abyssinian Frontier -- 4. Moru-Madi Group -- 5. Western Bari-Speaking Group -- 6. Miscelleaneous |
| Summary |
This book describes and compares the tribes of the Mongalla Province in what is now South Sudan. In the second part of the book some 27 individual tribes are discussed in detail, and topics such as linguistics, culture, tribal structure, religious beliefs, crime and punishment, marriage, birth, burial and economic and agricultural life are also covered |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1937 by Oxford University Press for the International African Institute |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2018) |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- South Sudan.
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Folklore -- South Sudan
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Ethnology
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Folklore
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Language and languages
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Mongalla (South Sudan)
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South Sudan -- Languages.
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South Sudan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nalder, Leonard Fielding, 1888- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429487279 |
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0429487274 |
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9780429945472 |
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0429945477 |
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9780429945489 |
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0429945485 |
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9780429945465 |
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0429945469 |
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