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Culture Summary: Shilluk
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2010 • Pages:
By: Burton, John W., Adem, Teferi Abate.
Abstract
This is a culture summary of the Shilluk. Information is presented on major aspects of Shilluk culture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- General Shilluk; western bank of the White Nile, central-south Sudan
- Notes
- John W. Burton and Teferi Abate Adem
- This culture summary is based on the article, "Shilluk" by John W. Burton, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 9, Africa and the Middle East, John Middleton, Amal Rassam, Candice Bradley, and Laurel L. Rose, eds. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co. 1995. It was revised by John W. Burton in March 2008. Teferi Abate Adem expanded the sections on socialization, land tenure, social organization, social control, ceremonies, religious practitioners, arts and medicine, in April 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- LCSH
- Shilluk (African people)