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A 5 page paper which examines
the research done on the Nuer tribe as it relates to the social and political systems of the
people. The paper discusses the possibilities that the system is egalitarian or hierarchical,
with an argument that leans more towards the Nuer tribe possessing an egalitarian
system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAnuer.rtf
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on the upper reaches of the White Nile (Viz 1) , cattle-keepers -- physically and culturally a bit like the famous Masai further south, in east Africa. Evans-Pritchard did holism
with a vengeance among the Nuer, writing one book about their economics, ecology, political and social structure -- the book called The Nuer...-- writing a second, thicker, but equally tidy
book called Nuer Religion; and writing a third book on Nuer kinship and family life" (Moffatt, 1999; azande.html). Bearing this in mind we can assume that there is a great
deal of information in Evans-Pritchards work as well as that of other anthropologists concerning the Nuer tribe people. In the following paper we examine the work of Evans-Pritchard as it
relates to the Nuer, examining their social and political systems. The paper examines the possibility that the systems are hierarchical or egalitarian, with arguments leaning more towards the fact that
the tribe is egalitarian. The Nuer The Nuer are essentially "mobile and war-loving animal herders -- they kept cattle -- they were ferociously egalitarian and proud, and still
quite politically independent when EP [Evans-Pritchard] did research with them a few years after his work with the Azande, in the mid-1930s. (Moffatt, 1999; azande.html). Evans-Pritchard described these people as
"an entirely remote, unchanging, highly distinctive African culture. The two best-known features of his classic portrayal of them was their Interest in Cattle, and their stateless social organization -- aka
their segmentary lineage system" (Moffatt, 1999; azande.html). Interestingly enough, these people were not necessarily far removed from the cattle they tended, for they were almost so entirely egalitarian that
the cattle were included in the system: "Getting carried away with this simple imagery, forgetting that there are a few mental differences between the human Nuer and their bovine cattle,
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