The Nafka Documents

The despatches, memoranda, reports and correspondence describing and explaining the Stories of the Feudal Societies of the Red Sea Littoral from the Christian-Muslim Wars of the Sixteenth Century to the Establishment 1885-1901 of the Italian Colony of Eritrea
Print on Demand-Nachdruck 2000
ISBN: 978-3-447-04198-0
Verlag: Harrassowitz Verlag

Buch, Englisch, Italienisch, Band 53, 307 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 170 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Aethiopistische Forschungen

Anyone interested in the history of Eritrea, Ethiopia, or Italian and British Imperialism will learn much from this book. It gives the full texts of the treasure-house of unpublished documents on which the same author’s Lords of the Red Sea was based. These documents were produced at the end of the 19th century by the Italian administrators in Eritrea who dealt with the local nomads. These young officers became intrigued by the society and history of the highly developed Habab tribe, even as they became part of that history, replacing loose hegemony with direct sovereignty. Their records document not only their own important role in the “Scramble for Africa” but also the whole culture and historical memory of a fascinating society.

Zielgruppe

Äthiopisten, Historiker, Ethnologen, Anthropologen

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Avray, Anthony

Pankhurst, Richard