
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
Harrassowitz Verlag
Published on 1. January 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 307 pages
978-3-447-04198-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 It gives the full texts of the treasure-house of unpublished documents on which the same author's Lords of the Red Sea was based.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.
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Series
Edition
Print on Demand-Nachdruck
Language
English
Italian
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Äthiopisten, Historiker, Ethnologen, Anthropologen
Edition type
Bilingual edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
11 Abb.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
615 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-447-04198-0 (9783447041980)
Schweitzer Classification