Physical Description
xxx, 277 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Geography and brief history of Sudan
The changing Nilotic frontier
Slave raids, wars, and migrations
Communities of the Sobat/Nile confluence : the Padang
Communities on the Eastern Nile : the Bor
Communities in the southwest : the southern Bahr el-Ghazal
Communities in the northwest : the northern Bahr el-Ghazal
Grain, cattle, and economic power
Totemic religion
Human sacrifice, virgins, and river spirits
Priests, politics, and land
Ethnic expansion by marriage
Sovereign nations within the Dinka
Eighteenth-century slavers and traders
Nilotic chaos : Dinka, Nuer, Atwot, and Anyuak
Politics and stratification among stateless peoples
Summary and history
Legacy of the precolonial era.
ISBN
1580461514
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-264) and index.
Geography and brief history of Sudan -- The changing Nilotic frontier -- Slave raids, wars, and migrations -- Communities of the Sobat/Nile confluence : the Padang -- Communities on the Eastern Nile : the Bor -- Communities in the southwest : the southern Bahr el-Ghazal -- Communities in the northwest : the northern Bahr el-Ghazal -- Grain, cattle, and economic power -- Totemic religion -- Human sacrifice, virgins, and river spirits -- Priests, politics, and land -- Ethnic expansion by marriage -- Sovereign nations within the Dinka -- Eighteenth-century slavers and traders -- Nilotic chaos : Dinka, Nuer, Atwot, and Anyuak -- Politics and stratification among stateless peoples -- Summary and history -- Legacy of the precolonial era.
