Abstract:I use the term "qabila" (translated into English as "tribe") because it is the emic term the interviewees used in our interactions. Very rarely the term was used to refer to "the external imposition of group identities associated with colonial policy" (Hassan/Ray 2009: 18). Often it was used as a self-description of ethnicized belonging.2 Mahadi Ahmed assisted me during fieldwork and put me in contact with several people from Sudan. He also spent some time discussing the interviews with me. I am most grateful … Show more
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