Book
The Nuba: an anthropological study of the hill tribes in Kordofan
Oxford University Press • London • Published In 1947 • Pages:
By: Nadel, S. F. (Siegfried Frederick).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book provides a systematic description of the culturally and linguistically diverse peoples living in the Nuba Hills. Although the ethnographic data pertains mostly to the Heiban, Otoro and Tira peoples, the author also explores the range of social and economic structures of the region by including comparable information from seven neighboring ethnic groups. The main aim is to compare the ten ethnic communities for variation and similarity in three broad cultural domains: kinship structure, clan system, and religious practices. The comparative data is enriched with a region-wide survey of specific themes, including: settlement patterns; economic activities; domestic group dynamics; traditional leaders; and the local effects of increasing integration into the colonial government and contact with Islam and ethnically Arab communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- General character of religion
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Revelation and divination
- Offenses and sanctions
- Form and rules of government
- Puberty and initiation
- Adolescent activities
- Kin relationships
- Clans
- Settlement patterns
- Dwellings
- Household
- Family relationships
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2017
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1938-1941
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Kordofan, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by S.F. Nadel ; With a forward by Sir Hubert Huddleston
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48001354
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuba (African people)
- Ethnology--Sudan--Kordofan