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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1. Verfasser: Makrēs, Gerasimos (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 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"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:273 Seiten
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ISBN:9781032394039
978-1-032-39403-9
9781032411897
978-1-032-41189-7