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    VANGUARD BOOKSELLERS

    (Pty.), Ltd.
    28, Joubert Street, Joh*nnebur
    THE NUER

    1
    OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
    AMEN IIOUSE, E.C. 4
    Lon don Edin burgh Glasgow New York
    Toron to Melbourn e Capetown Bombay
    Calcutta Madras
    HUMPHREY MILFORD
    BUBLISHF.R TO THE
    UNIVERSITY
    Snction of iiomestnad and kraal (lkistern Gaajok)
    THE NUER
    A DESCRIPTION OF
    THE MODES OF LIVELIHOOD AND
    POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF
    A NILOTIC PEOPLE

    BY

    E. E. EVANS-PRITCHARD
    M.A. ( OXON .), PH.D. ( LONDON )
    RESEARCH LECTURER IN AFR1CAN SOCIOLOGY AT THE
    UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
    SOMETEME PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT THE
    EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY, CAIRO

    OXFORD
    AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
    1940
    PRINTED IN GREAT BRJTAIN
    TO
    THE S T A F F O F T H E
    AMERICAN MISSION
    AT NASSER
    Ali, the land of the rustling of wings, whicli is
    beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: that sendeth
    ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of
    papyrus upon the waters, (saying) Go ye swift
    messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a
    people terrible from theirbeginningonward; a
    nation that rneteth out and treadeth down, whose
    land the rivers divide.
    (THE HOLY BIBLE (Revised Versin),
    Isaiah xviii. 1-2.)
    PREFACE
    MY study of the Nuer was undertaken at the request of, and was mainly financed by,
    the Government of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, which also contributed generously
    towards the publica- tion of its results. Part of the inquiry was carried out as a
    Leverhulme Research Fellow. To the Sudan Government and to the Leverhulme
    Research Fellowships Committee I make grateful acknowledgements.
    I owe Professor and Mrs. C. G. Seligman a great debt for their friendship during
    the last fifteen years. Without their backing and encouragement this book might not
    have been written. Moreover, although they made no investigations among the Nuer,
    their brilliant researches among other Nilotic peoples, particularly the Shilluk and
    Dinka,laid thefoundations of all fu ture studies in these regions. 1
    I thank all those in the Sudan, at Khartoum and in Nuerland, who have given me
    hospitality and assistance; Sir John Maffey, then Governor-General; Sir Flarold
    MacMichael, then Civil Secretary; Mr. and Mrs. S. Hillelson; Mr. C. A. Willis, Mr. A.
    G. Pawson, Mr. M. W. Parr, and Mr. E. G. Coryton, who were in turn Governors of
    the Upper Nile Province; Mr. P. Coriat, Capt. A. H. A. Alban, Capt. H. A. Romilly, Mr.
    J. F. Tierney, the late Mr. L. F. Hamer, Mr. B. J. Chatterton, Mr. B. A. Fewis, and Mr.
    F. D. Corfield, all of whom were at one time Com- missioners of Nuer Districts. To
    Mr. F. D. Corfield, amico et condiscpulo meo, I am especially grateful for the
    interest he has shown in my work and for his generosity in allowing me to use many
    of his fine photographs.
    I thank also the staff of the American Mission at Nasser, of the Congregation of
    Verona at Yoahnyang, and of the Church Missionary Society at Ler. I wish to make
    particular acknow- ledgement to the staff of the American Mission, especially to Miss
    B. Soule, who unreservedly placed their home, their time, and their knowledge at my
    disposal. I dedcate this book to them not only as an expression of personal
    gratitude, but also as a tribute to their devoted Service to the Nuer.
    1
    PAGAN TRIBCS OF THE NILOTIC SUDAN, by C. G. and B. Z. Seligman, 1932.
    viii PREFACE
    My warmest thanks are further rendered to the many Nuer who made me their
    guest and befriended me. Rather than speak of individuis, I express my general
    respect for this brave and gentle people.
    The following friends and colleagues have read this book and have given me
    valuable criticism and advice: Professor C. G. Seligman, Professor A. R. Radcliffe-
    Brown, whose influence on the theoretical side of my work will be obvious to any
    student of anthropology, Dr. M. Fortes, and Dr. H. M. Gluckman. I owe a special
    debt to Dr. Fortes. My ideas about the aims and methods of Social Anthropology
    have been influenced by the many talks we have had on the subject during several
    years of comradeship and, since in such a relationship it is not easy to State what one
    has taken and given, I acknowledge unreservedly that I have been greatly stimulated
    by our discussions.
    Professor Seligman has pointed out to me, in reading the proofs, that my use of
    horticulture and horticulturah is unusual. I did not intend to depart from
    conventional usage. However, I did not feel justified in altering these words to agri-
    culture and agricultural throughout the book in the present difficulties of
    publication. Readers who prefer agriculture and agricultural can make the
    substitution for themselves.
    A considerable part of the facts related in this book have been previously
    recorded, chiefly in Sudan Notes and Records and Africa, and I thank the editors of
    these journals and the editor of Custom is King for permission to republish them. I
    am indebted also to the editors and printers of both journals, to George Routledge &
    Sons, Ltd., and to Messrs. Hutchinson & Co., for the use of photographic blocks.
    Several friends have lent me photographs, sketch-maps, and diagrams. These are
    acknowledged in the list of piafes and figures, but I desire to record expressly my
    gratitude to Mr. F. D. Corfield, Dr. H. E. Hurst, Director of the Physical Depart ment
    of the Egyptian Government, Mr. B. A. Lewis, Mr. C. L. Armstrong, the staff of the
    American Mission, Nasser, the late Mr. L. F. Hamer, Dr. E. S. Crispin, and Yuzbashi
    Talib Ismail.
    My thanks are due to Mr. W. R. Key for his many secretarial Services in the
    preparation of this volume.
    E. E. E.-P.

    January 1940
    CONTENTS
    LIST OF PLATES . . . . .x

    LIST OF MAPS AND TEXT FIGURES . . xi

    INTRODUCTORY . . . . . i

    . INTERESE IN CATTLE . . . .16

    . OECOLOGY . . . . . .51

    II. TIME AND SPACE . . . . .94

    IV. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM . . . . 1 3 9

    V. THE LINEAGE SYSTEM . . . . 1 9 2

    VI. THE AGE-SET SYSTEM. SUMMARY . . . 2 4 9

    INDEX . . . . . . . 2 6 7
    LIST OF PLATES

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