ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1937, this book describes and compares the tribes of the Mongalla Province in what is now South Sudan. In the second part of the book some 27 individual tribes are discussed in detail, and topics such as linguistics, culture, tribal structure, religious beliefs, crime and punishment, marriage, birth, burial and economic and agricultural life are also covered.

part I|62 pages

General and Comparative

chapter I|1 pages

Geographical

chapter II|11 pages

The Tribal Groups

chapter III|16 pages

Tribal Structure

chapter IV|12 pages

Religious Beliefs

chapter V|3 pages

Crime and Punishment

chapter VI|7 pages

Individual Life

chapter VII|4 pages

Economic Life

chapter VIII|2 pages

Vital Statistics and Physique

chapter IX|4 pages

Impact and Change

part II|164 pages

Individual Tribes

chapter I|77 pages

Nilo-Hamitic Group

chapter II|6 pages

Other Tribes of Eastern Mongalla

chapter III|5 pages

Tribes of the Abyssinian Frontier

chapter IV|39 pages

The Moru-Madi Group

chapter V|31 pages

Bari-Speaking West Bank Group

chapter VI|4 pages

Other Miscellaneous Tribes