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Title:Folklore and development in the Sudan: part of the proceedings of the 'Folklore and national development' symposium held by the Department of Folklore in Khartoum, 2-5 Feb. 1981
Editor:Nasr, Ahmad 'Abd al-RahimISNI
Year:1985
Issue:13
Pages:272
Language:English
Series:Sudanese library series
City of publisher:Khartoum
Publisher:University of Khartoum, Institute of African and Asian Studies
Geographic term:Sudan
Subjects:1981
development
folklore
conference papers (form)
Abstract:The papers in this book are a selection of papers originally presented at a symposium on 'Folklore and national development' held in Khartoum, Sudan, in February 1981. The symposium investigated the reciprocal relationship between folklore and development with specific reference to the Sudan. Contents: A search for identity: three trends in Sudanese folkloristics, by A?mad A. Na?r; Pride and vilification: two tribal viewpoints, by A?mad al-Shahi; Sudanese historiography and oral traditions, by Abdullahi 'Ali Ibrahim;?umr traditions in the urban context of Khartoum, by Asia Ma?jub A?mad; Positive and negative aspects of development on the folklore of the Northern Province of the Sudan, by Al?aj Bilal 'Umar; Folklore and national development: a challenging paradox, by Sayyid?amid?urreiz; Development and traditional crafts in the Sudan: a case study, by Yusuf?asan Madani; Traditional culture and the mass media: a paradox, by Al?ayyib Haj?A?iyya; From ritual to performance, by Khalid Al Mubarak Mu??afa; Traditional medicine and its role in health promotion in the Sudan, by A?mad Al?afi.
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