conflict arose between those northern leaders who hoped to impose unity upon the nation through the vigorous extension ofIslamic lawandcultureto all parts of the country and those who opposed this policy; the latter included the majority of southerners and those northerners who favoured asecular...
Individuals or groups need a hell of money to meet their basic and luxury needs and to practice their inherited values and traditions. After the secession of south Sudan, Sudan lost sizeable amount of its oil revenues resulted in negative economic implications such as the high rate of inflation...
The present article is based on three field seasons carried out in the lowlands of Qwara (Ethiopia), one of the areas where they live today, and intends to offer some insights into their history and culture. They exemplify well the multifaceted relations between small-scale and State societies...
This paper suggests that the women involved in these participant-designed and driven workshops were redefining their culture and cultural practices in a different place, and shaped new notions of cultural continuity, defined as the process of maintaining and passing on traditional knowledge. They ...