The Names of God in Northern Somali
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 1959
Category : God (Islam)
ISBN :
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 1959
Category : God (Islam)
ISBN :
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : The Red Sea Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781569021033
This collection of essays based on first-hand anthropological field research spanning many years, brings together in a single volume the author's collected material on characteristics of popular Islam amongst the Somali of the Horn of Africa. Rigorous, outspoken, and backing his arguments with reflections based on a lifetime of research and scholarship, Lewis makes a major contribution to understanding the place and role of religion in Somali society.
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 11,47 MB
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1315308177
Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Somalia
ISBN :
Author : Irving Kaplan
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Somalia
ISBN :
Author : Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2003-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0810866048
Despite advances in modern communication and the proliferation of information, there remain areas of the world about which little is known. One such place is Somalia. The informed public is aware of a political meltdown and consequent chaos there, but few comprehend the causes of this tragic crisis. This new edition covers Somalia's origin, history, culture, and language, as well as current economic and political issues. The alphabetical arrangement of this Dictionary, with a complete chronology, list of acronyms, and in-depth bibliography provide useful information about the country in a convenient format. A vital addition to reference collections supporting undergraduate and graduate programs on Africa and the Middle East, international relations, and economics- a useful fact-filled compendium for government and public libraries, NGO's, and other special libraries
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780852552803
With a new Introduction by Said S. Samatar and an Afterword by the author
Author : John Beattie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136527656
Gathering together under a single cover material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived and suggests social correlates of these in terms of age, sex, marital status, social grading and wealth. It includes material on both traditional and modern cults.
Author : Abdi Ismail Samatar
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780299119942
Scandinavia's most famous painter, the Norwegian Edvard Munch (1863-1944), is probably best known for his painting The Scream, a universally recognized icon of terror and despair. (A version was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, in August 2004, and has not yet been recovered.) But Munch considered himself a writer as well as a painter. Munch began painting as a teenager and, in his young adulthood, studied and worked in Paris and Berlin, where he evolved a highly personal style in paintings and works on paper. And in diaries that he kept for decades, he also experimented with reminiscence, fiction, prose portraits, philosophical speculations, and surrealism. Known as an artist who captured both the ecstasies and the hellish depths of the human condition, Munch conveys these emotions in his diaries but also reveals other facets of his personality in remarks and stories that are alternately droll, compassionate, romantic, and cerebral. This English translation of Edvard Munch's private diaries, the most extensive edition to appear in any language, captures the eloquent lyricism of the original Norwegian text. The journal entries in this volume span the period from the 1880s, when Munch was in his twenties, until the 1930s, reflecting the changes in his life and his work. The book is illustrated with fifteen of Munch's drawings, many of them rarely seen before. While these diaries have been excerpted before, no translation has captured the real passion and poetry of Munch's voice. This is a translation that lets Munch speak for himself and evokes the primal passion of his diaries. J. Gill Holland's exceptional work adds a whole new level to our understanding of the artist and the depth of his scream.
Author : Anwar Maxamed Diiriye
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Abstract: Personal names and nicknames provide an important component of Somali cultural identity. They reach across regional, geographical and national boundaries and extend identity from the Cushitic to the Muslim world. Somali names, like its language itself, provide their bearers with a sense of oneness in spite of its homogenous ethnicity. In the other hand Somali proverbs play an important role in its peoples daily lives and by definition proverb is a brief saying that presents a truth or a bit of useful wisdom. It is usually based on common sense or practical experience. Thus, this book deals with Somali nomenclature system divided in two parts and Somali proverbs with comparison of non-Somali sayings.