The Sudanese zār ṭumbura cult slaves, armies, spirits and history
"This book offers a historically-sensitive ethnography of the zar tumbura spirit possession cult, associated with descendants of African slaves who live mainly in the area of Greater Khartoum, Sudan. It considers the history and transformations of tumbura, from the nineteenth-century slaving er...
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Sprache: | eng |
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2024
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Zusammenfassung: | "This book offers a historically-sensitive ethnography of the zar tumbura spirit possession cult, associated with descendants of African slaves who live mainly in the area of Greater Khartoum, Sudan. It considers the history and transformations of tumbura, from the nineteenth-century slaving era through to the present post-Islamist autocracy"-- |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | 273 Seiten Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 9781032394039 978-1-032-39403-9 9781032411897 978-1-032-41189-7 |