The " Nubians" of East Africa: Muslim club or African "tribe"?
The thesis in this paper is that the "Nubi" (a group of partially detribalized and heterogenous Africans) are Muslim by faith but do not constitute a "tribe" in the usual African sense. The evidence mobilized to support the thesis in this essay consists of the following four inte...
| Published in: | Journal / Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, King Abdulazis University |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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1985
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Journal / Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, King Abdulazis University
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| Further subjects: | B
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B Cultural anthropology B Africa B Uganda Cultural anthropology Minority Africa |
| Summary: | The thesis in this paper is that the "Nubi" (a group of partially detribalized and heterogenous Africans) are Muslim by faith but do not constitute a "tribe" in the usual African sense. The evidence mobilized to support the thesis in this essay consists of the following four inter-related components: 1) The "Nubi" as a people without an indigenous language of their own; 2) The "Nubi" as a people without a tribal myth of origin of their own; 3) The "Nubi" as a people without indigenous African names of their own; and 4) The "Nubi" as a people without a land, or "hinterland" of their own. (DÜI-Ott) |
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| ISSN: | 0266-6952 |
| Contains: | In: Maʿhad Šu'ūn al-Aqallīyāt al-Muslima (Dschidda), Journal / Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, King Abdulazis University
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