Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. MAPS ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
6. A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGES xvii
7. A NOTE ON SOURCES xix
8. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
9. 2 GEOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF SUDAN 9
10. 3 THE CHANGING NILOTIC FRONTIER 15
11. The Ethno-Historical Formation of Southern Sudan
12. 4 SLAVE RAIDS, WARS, AND MIGRATIONS 29
13. 5 COMMUNITIES OF THE SOBAT/NILE CONFLUENCE: THE PADANG 43
14. 6 COMMUNITIES ON THE EASTERN NILE: THE BOR 54
15. 7 COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHWEST: THE SOUTHERN BAHR EL-GHAZAL 64
16. 8 COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHWEST: THE NORTHERN BAHR EL-GHAZAL 79
17. The Ascendancy of the Dinka in Southern Sudan
18. 9 GRAIN, CATTLE, AND ECONOMIC POWER 91
19. 10 TOTEMIC RELIGION 98
20. 11 HUMAN SACRIFICE, VIRGINS, AND RIVER SPIRITS 108
21. 12 PRIESTS, POLITICS, AND LAND 124
22. 13 ETHNIC EXPANSION BY MARRIAGE 134
23. 14 SOVEREIGN NATIONS WITHIN THE DINKA 143
24. Foreign Intrusion and Its Consequences
25. 15 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SLAVERS AND TRADERS 153
26. 16 NILOTIC CHAOS: DINKA, NUER, ATWOT, AND ANYUAK 164
27. 17 POLITICS AND STRATIFICATION AMONG STATELESS PEOPLES 175
28. 18 SUMMARY AND HISTORY 185
29. 19 LEGACY OF THE PRECOLONIAL ERA 198
30. NOTES 223
31. GLOSSARY 243
32. BIBLIOGRAPHY 248
33. INDEX 265