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, editorNew Haven, Conn. • Published In 1966 • Pages: 182-217

By: Callender, Charles.

Abstract
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.
Subjects
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
culture
Nubians
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Northern Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2020
Field Date
1962-1963
Coverage Date
1962-1963
Coverage Place
northern Aswan Governate, Egypt
Notes
by Charles Callender
LCCN
82200937
LCSH
Kenuz (African people)--Egypt--Dihmīt