The Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Map of the Nile Basin xii
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. Part 1 Peoples and Identities in Medieval Times
7. 2 The Spread of Islam and the Nubian Dam 15
8. 3 Ethiopia’s Alleged Control of the Nile 25
9. 4 Consolidation of Christianity Around the Source of the Blue Nile 39
10. 5 Did Jewish Influence Reach Ethiopia via the Nile? 57
11. 6 Arab Geographers, the Nile, and the History of Bilad al-Sudan 71
12. Part 2 The Nile as Seen from a Distance
13. 7 Up the River or Down the River? An Afrocentrist Dilemma 77
14. 8 Renaissance Geographical Literature and the Nile 105
15. 9 The Legend of the Blue Nile in Europe 121
16. 10 The “Gondar Utopia” 131
17. 11 The Nile as a Gateway for Missionary Activity in Abyssinia 139
18. Part 3 Old Waters, Modern Identities
19. 12 The Father of Rivers: The Nile in Ethiopian Literature 151
20. 13 Brothers Along the Nile: Egyptian Concepts of Race and Ethnicity, 1895–1910 171
21. 14 Egypt, Ethiopia, and “The Abyssinian Crisis,” 1935–1936 183
22. 15 Geographers and Nationalism in Egypt: Huzayyin and the Unity of the Nile Valley, 1945–1948 199
23. Part 4 Contemporary Voices
24. 16 The Aswan High Dam and Revolutionary Symbolism in Egypt 217
25. 17 The Nile in Egyptian-Sudanese Relations, 1956–1995 227
26. 18 Removing the Nubians: The Halfawis at Khashm al-Girba 235
27. 19 In Search of the Nile Waters, 1900–2000 245
28. 20 Conclusion: Historical Legacies and Present Concerns 269
29. Bibliography 273
30. The Contributors 291
31. Index 295
32. About the Book 305