ANTB19H3 Lecture Notes - Nuer People, Staple Food, Zande People
Document Summary
The book described the domestic life and the nuer people"s government and other institutuions. Nuer people are from southern sudan and are more similar to people of dinka who live in east africa. Nuer people are mostly fishermen, gardeners, herdsmen. Political institution are the main theme yet can"t be accounted until you also consider the environment modes. The nuer and the dinka people are divided into a tribe. Nuer"s biggest political system is a tribe. Nuer people have chiefs are have no laws until the chief doesn"t make it, which shows the idea of not the ideal type of society. Lineage is shown to be from the male side, no mention of women, male dominated society. Nuer social organization is simple and their culture bare-pg 9. The nuer people are very hostile due to the defeat of their government and therefore for. Evans it was hard to do his research.
