On Trek in Kordofan : The Diaries of a British District Officer in the Sudan, 1931-1933

Name: On Trek in Kordofan : The Diaries of a British District Officer in the Sudan, 1931-1933
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ISBN: 9780197261286

ISBN-10: 0197261280

ISBN-13: 9780197261286

Edition: 1994

Authors: C. A. Lea, Martin W. Daly

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The life of the colonial district officer on trek has seldom been revealed in more detail than in Lea's journals from Kordofan, in the Western Sudan. Never intended for publication, these trek notes contain rare candor and informality, and give an unvarnished view of the land and people during a period of rapid social change. Northern Kordofan, especially Dar al-Kababish, was then little known to the outside world, and these notes therefore form an important and sympathetic record of the customs, economy and politics of the Arab and Nuba tribesmen who inhabited those regions. M.W. Daly's edition makes available a useful source for students of north-east African history, imperial…

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/19/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English