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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-Rahim |
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. |