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The camel in Somali oral traditions
The Nordic Africa Institute.
1987 (English)Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Abstract [en]

The relationship between the camel and the Somali people has traditionally been reflected in Somalia's oral literary forms: Poems, proverbs, work songs, metaphores and tales of wisdom. The author has gathered countless references to camels from these Somali traditions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Mogadishu: Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet , 1987. , p. 103
Keywords [en]
Somalia; East Africa; Somali language; Camels; Livestock; Anthropology; Social and cultural anthropology; Fiction; Oral tradition; Folk literature
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Social Anthropology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-658ISBN: 91-7106-269-6 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-658DiVA, id: diva2:277670
Note

Contents: A Perspective on Camel Poetry in Somalia / T Hjort -- Animal Husbandry -- Camel Husbandry -- Brief Biographies of Poets Quoted in the Original Text

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This book is a translation of Suuganta Geela (1987).

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