Speaking, Writing, and Authority

Segismundo's services [as notary at the registry office] had, indeed, been admirably suited to the time and place. ... He cheerfully registered all the children that ap-peared before him as having been born in the County of Ilheus, State of Bahia, Brazil. ... How could one be bothered with such miserable legal details as the exact place and date of a child's birth when one was living dangerously in the midst of gun fights, armed bandits, and deadly ambushes? What did it matter, really, where the little Brazilian about to be registered was born? ... He simply took the word of these friendly immigrants and their witnesses-respectable men whose word was worth more than any legal document-and accepted their gifts. ... By that venerable hand, on a certain afternoon many years ago, little Nacib [a Syrian immigrant] was turned into a native-born Brazilian

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• Land Tenure and the State in the Precolonial Sudan

  Jay Spaulding, Lidwien Kapteijns•Northeast African Studies•2002

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• A Sudanese Merchant's Career Based on His Papers

  Open Access•Anders Bjorkelo, Mustafa Ali et al.•History in Africa•1990

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• We Wondered what Human Rights He Was Talking About

  Open Access•Matthew Engelke•Critique of Anthropology•1999

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• From the Mountains to the Plains

  Joan Stead, Leif O Manger et al.•Journal of Religion in Africa•1997

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• The Birth of an African Private Epistolography, Echo Island 1862–1901

  Open Access•Jay Spaulding•The Journal of African History•1993

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• Vers une gestion du patrimoine culturel dans la région des monts Nouba (Soudan)

  Open Access•Ammar Awad Mohamed Abdalla, Nadhoim Alhadhuir•Afrique Archeologie et Arts•2025

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• Land documents in Dār Fūr sultanate (Sudan, 1785–1875)

  Open Access•George Michael La Rue•Afriques•2016

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• Introduction

  Open Access•Anaïs Wion, Sébastien Barret et al.•Afriques•2016

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• Introduction

  Open Access•Anaïs Wion, Sébastien Barret et al.•Afriques•2016

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• Publishing Sudanese Documents

  Open Access•R S O'Fahey•History in Africa•1989

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• Watch the Waves of the Sea”

  Open Access•Bayo Holsey•History in Africa•2011

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• Schooling, Language, and Knowledge in Literate and Nonliterate Societies

  Open Access•F Niyi Akinnaso•Comparative Studies in Society…•1992

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• Trick Cyclists? Recontextualizing Rwandan Dynastic Chronology

  Open Access•David Newbury•History in Africa•1994

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• Feedback As a “Problem” in Oral History

  Open Access•Justin Willis•History in Africa•1993

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• Literacy, Orality, and Property

  James C Mccann•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•2001

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• Text and performance in an African church

  Open Access•Matthew Engelke•American Ethnologist•2004

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• The White Edge of the Margin

  Open Access•Danilyn Rutherford•American Ethnologist•2000

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• The Early Days of Johane Masowe

  Open Access•Matthew Engelke•Comparative Studies in Society…•2005

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• The Southern Funj of the Sudan as a Frontier Society, 1820-1980

  Open Access•M C Jedrej•Comparative Studies in Society…•2004

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• Preface to Plato

  Eric A Havelock•Preface to Plato•1963

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• Literacy in Traditional Societies

  Jack Goody•Literacy in Traditional Societies•2000

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• Observers observed

  George W Stocking•Observers observed•1983

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• Asante in the Nineteenth Century

  Ivor Wilks•Asante in the Nineteenth Century•1975

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• Orality and Literacy

  Walter J Ong•Oralität und Literalität•1982

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• That Noble Science of Politics

  Open Access•Stefan Collini, Donald Winch et al.•That Noble Science of Politics•1983

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• The Literate Revolution in Greece and its Cultural Consequences

  Open Access•Eric Alfred Havelock•Literate Revolution in Greece and…•2019

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• Oral-Formulaic Theory and Research. An Introduction and Annotated Bibliography

  Heda Jason, John Miles Foley•Asian Folklore Studies•1985

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• Liptako Speaks

  John Cartwright, Paul Irwin et al.•The American Historical Review•1982

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• Anthropology and human behavior

  Thomas Gladwin, Thomas E Gladwin et al.•PsycEXTRA Dataset•1962

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• A Master's Due

  George C Rable, William J Cooper et al.•The Journal of Southern History•1987

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• A Master's Due

  William H Pease, William J Cooper et al.•Journal of American History•1987

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• Oral-Formulaic Theory and Research

  Richard P Martin, John Miles Foley•The Classical World•1986

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• The Literate Revolution in Greece and Its Cultural Consequences

  John E Rexine, John Ε Rexine et al.•The Classical World•1983

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• Shilluk Trade and Politics from the mid–seventeenth century to 1861

  Open Access•Patricia Mercer•The Journal of African History•1971

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• Land In Dār Fūr. Charters and related documents from the Dār Fūr Sultanate

  Lidwien Kapteijns•African Affairs•1983

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• Evolution and Society

  Morris L Fried, J W Burrow•American Sociological Review•1967

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• Anthropology and Human Behavior

  Adolph S Tomars, Thomas Gladwin et al.•American Sociological Review•1963

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• Experience and Speculation

  Janet J Ewald•The International Journal of…•1985

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• Oral Tradition in Central Africa

  Wyatt Macgaffey•The International Journal of…•1974

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• The Mwindo Epic

  George R Horner, G Horner et al.•Journal of American Folklore•1971

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• Hāshim and the Musabba'āt

  Open Access•Rex S O''Fahey, R S O’fahey et al.•Bulletin of the School of…•1972

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• State and Society in Dar Fur

  Lidwien Kapteijns, R S O''Fahey et al.•African Studies Review•1981

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• The African past Speaks

  Charles W Mcclellan, Joseph C Miller et al.•African Studies Review•1981

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• The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America

  William Madsen, M Taussig et al.•Journal for the Scientific Study…•1981

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• Lineage Theory

  A Kuper•Annual Review of Anthropology•1982

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• Local History in Global Context

  Open Access•Carol A Smith•Comparative Studies in Society…•1984

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• The Consequences of Literacy

  Open Access•Jack Goody, Ian Watts et al.•Comparative Studies in Society…•1963

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