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Notes on the For Tribe of Central Africa
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh • 13 • Published In 1886 • Pages: 205-265
By: Felkin, Robert William.
Abstract
Generally shallow and given to racial stereotypes, this nevertheless is an early systematic account of Darfur culture and society by an anthropologically-trained European, based on personal observations and interviews with a young Darfurian man the author hired as domestic servant. Themes covered include economic activities, marriage customs and family life, organization of village communities, aspects of traditional governance under the Fur Sultanate, and relations with neighboring ethnic groups.
- Subjects
- Location
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Vegetable production
- Hunting and trapping
- Fishing
- Diet
- Food preparation
- Settlement patterns
- Community heads
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Provinces
- Districts
- Military organization
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- General character of religion
- Priesthood
- Organized ceremonial
- culture
- Fur
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field Date
- 1879-1885
- Coverage Date
- 1879-1885
- Coverage Place
- Darfur region, Sudan
- Notes
- By Dr. Robert W. Felkin
- LCCN
- 08014543
- LCSH
- Fur (African people)