LanguageEnglish 
Classification320.96064 AHM 
Title EntryShaykhs and followers:  
Subtitlepolitical struggle in the Rufa'a al-Hoi Nazirate in the Sudan 
MediumBook 
Class Scheme & Edition DDC 23 
AuthorAhmad, Abd-al Ghafar Muhammad 
Cover
Place of PublicationKhartoum, Sudan :  
Publisher's NameKhartoum University Press,  
Date of Publication1974 
Extent170p.  
Other Details2 appendices, bibliography, 18 figures, indexed, 4 maps  
Item DescriptorTouching upon different aspects of social organisation, the main emphasis is on political struggles within the Rufa'a al-Hoi Nazirate. More elaboration is given to those aspects which, relatively, have more direct effect on the camp, village or council politics of the 'local' and 'regional' rather than national 
Formatted Content NoteSections include – Introduction; Space, time, and population; The household and tent cluster - domestic organization and economy; The camp and its leader; Brotherhoods - the significance of unilineal descent; Politics of the Nazirate; and Leaders and followers - the political system at work  
Level Content-AudienceUndergraduate 
Subject Entry Rufa'a Al-Hoi - African people
Rufa'a al-Hoi - Politics and government
Rifaia, Sudan - Politics and government
Anthropology - Sudan
Pasteurs - Sudan 
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