essay
The Mehennab: a Kenuz tribe
Contemporary Egyptian Nubia : a symposium of the Social Research Center, American University in Cairo : papers presented at Dar-el-Thakafa, Aswan, United Arab Republic, January 27-29, 1964 / Robert A. Fernea, editor • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1966 • Pages: 182-217
By: Callender, Charles.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work documents the continuity of the lineage as the basic principle of Kenuz social organization, drawing on in-depth analysis of structures and functions within a local lineage, the members of which collectively owned property, including land, water pumps and retail shops. They also collectively administered lineage burial sites and shrines, and they sponsored annual celebrations and assisted each other during burials, weddings and other life-event ceremonies. The continuity of these functions reveal the flexibility of the lineage principle in adapting successfully to changing circumstances, such as massive labor outmigration, the advent of Islamic fundamentalism, and an increasing intrusion of global market forces.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Composition of population
- Real property
- Labor supply and employment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Tribe and nation
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Cult of the dead
- Congregations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nubians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- 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 ; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1963
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Aswan Governate, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Charles Callender
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82200937
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kenuz (African people)--Egypt--Dihmīt