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Examines the history, culture, religion, daily life, and legends of the people of the northern African kingdom of Kush, located in the region known as Nubia, between Sudan and Egypt. ... Read more

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KUSHie information in a great book!
A "must devour" for anyone interested in Nubia, Sudan and/or Egypt.
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Material culture - the objects made by man - provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization and ritual practices of extinct societies. The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the relationship between material culture and human behaviour, archaeologists need to draw upon models derived from the study of ethnographic societies. First published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya, Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies. ... Read more

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Causality link between conflict and povertymight have two directions; however, there isconsensus that conflict causes poverty. Knowledge onlivelihood is the departure point for povertyreduction. This book is about livelihood of Nubapeople of Sudan, and how it has been affected by astate of chronic conflict. The context of the studyis origin and culture that make the identity of Nuba,their marginalization, war, and contemporarylivelihood. The war has induced a social rift betweenthe community segments as people were forced to splitbetween the two warring parties. Either way, theyhave suffered a reign of violence, terror, raids,rapes, and lootings at hands of fighting troops onboth sides. The book highlights the implications ofsuch situation upon their livelihoods, specificallythe social capital. It includes testimonies frompeople who have survived the war. Conflict usuallyseems to have only negative dimension; have the Nubaexperienced a positive one? Experience of the IDPsanswers this question. The book is multidisciplinary,and should be especially useful for developmentprofessionals, sociologist, anthologists and whoeverconcerns about minorities ... Read more

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In recent years, the Darfur conflict experiencedunprecedented global media coverage that focused onthe dramatization of the conflict instead of aserious analysis of its root causes, which are thepolicies ofunderdevelopment, unequal distributionof wealth, and undemocratic practices in Sudan sinceindependence. This book argues that in order tounderstand the Darfur conflict, examination of theState formation in the context of colonial effects isimportant. Further, it argues that Darfur crisis initself illustrates the failure of the Sudaneseelite¿s ideology, and the colonial/eurocentric modelof nation-state that it is in place sinceindependence.Without assessing the colonial legacyand its role in planting the seats of such violentconflict, the alienated elite class, and theinflicted policies of dependency upon newlyindependent countries, we will do no justice to thepeoples¿ suffering in Darfur and elsewhere.Thesepolicies of colonialism that were based on ¿divideand conquer¿; which didn¿t cease after independencehad allowed the Sudanese State, by acting as a clientState, to continue oppressing and marginalizing thevast majority of the Sudanese people. ... Read more

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Looks at the root of the problem
What I liked about it, it looked beyond the current political situation and tried to identify the root of Darfur conflict. It makes a good analysis of the root of the problem and I think provides some real solutions needed to be considered. ... Read more

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Learn the unsual way by which the UN acquires its own peacekeeping-making military force by the year 2045, and follow one of those units as they attempt to enforce peace on the various factions which have waged war for decades. Can Colonel Aysham Kim, the UN commandeer in the Sudan, convert Sylken, the captured daughter of a Falalah Chief, a people who do not even have a word for peace in their vocabularly into an ally and through her convince her tribe and then the others to give a UN monitored peace a chance?

And then what happens several years later when Sylken and Aysham, now married, revisit her homeland and clash with the Sudan's new leader, a wealthy Dinka and religious fanatic. If you like modern weaponry, intrigue and action this is the book about the future you just have to read ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, published by Northwestern University, School of Law on March 22, 2008. The length of the article is 10994 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Findings from a survey conducted in Israel indicate that political disagreements between Jews and Arabs have negatively affected the Arab minority's perceptions of the police. This Article also shows that the Arab minority group is not homogenous in regard to their relationship with the police; there are significant political and cultural differences among Arab sub-groups (Muslim, Christian, and Druze). The Druze hold similar political orientations to the Jewish majority, and consequently their perceptions of the police were found to be more positive than those of Muslim Arabs. Nevertheless, both Druze and Muslim Arabs expressed restricted receptivity to contact with the police when police practices threatened their community cultural codes. The findings from this research call for both a deeper analysis of the relationships between minority groups and the police, and for a more attentive probe of the distinctions among minority groups.

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Title: Police, politics, and culture in a deeply divided society.(Symposium on Redefining International Criminal Law)
Author: Badi Hasisi
Publication: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2008
Publisher: Northwestern University, School of Law
Volume: 98Issue: 3Page: 1119(27)

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Miss Huffman discussed the Nuer people's history and physical appearance,their animals and food-supply and the natural resources available to them: their family life, rites, courtship and marriage; their diseases, death and burial. She devotes a chapter to Nuer religion, superstition, law and moral code, and describes their games, social characterisctics and language, and concludes with some samples of the rich Nuer folk-lore. ... Read more