Descent, reciprocity and inequality among the Northern Beja

The Beja are a group of Cushitic-speaking, Muslim agro-pastoralists. indigenous inhabitants of Northeastern Sudan. The thesis describes two of the Beja tribes in Halaib District. Red Sea Province. The structure of Beja society is provided by a segmentary patrilineal descent system which is also a sy...

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Main Author: Morton, John Francis
Published: University of Hull 1989
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294080