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The Ship Depicted on the North Colonnade of the Great Mosque at Damascus: A Nilotic Theme or the Representation of Paradise?

open access: yesJournal of Mosaic Research, 2015
This paper will bring for the first time an in-depth study of the ship depicted in the mosaic on the east pier of the north colonnade of the courtyard in the Great Mosque at Damascus.
Zaraza Friedman
doaj  

Time poetics and ageing in the Ik mountains: seeing time disappear Poétique du temps et vieillissement dans les montagnes des Iks : voir le temps disparaître

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue S1, Page 73-90, April 2025.
In the Ik mountains in Uganda, only few old people still have the skills to ‘see time’ with sundials. Common ways of knowing time and age now include phones and ID cards in digital registers. I follow the elder seer Komol to explore how changing the measures of time influences the experience of time and age. How do being a ‘time being’ and ideas about ‘
Lotte Meinert
wiley   +1 more source

On whether 'Doboro' was a fourth Kuliak language

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 2015
Wayland’s (1931) description of a northeastern Ugandan people called the ‘Wanderobo’ includes thirty-eight ‘Dorobo’ words, many of which resemble words in Ik, the last thriving member of the Kuliak (Rub) subgroup. Because of this resemblance, it has been
Terrill Schrock
doaj   +3 more sources

Alignment systems and passive-antipassive distribution in nilotic languages

open access: yes, 2015
This paper discusses the occurrence of passive and antipassive constructions in Nilotic languages in relation to the question of whether Nilotic languages developed from an ergative-absolutive to a nominativeaccusative case marking system or vice ...
Schröder, Helga
core  

ATR vowel harmony in Ateso

open access: yesStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2018
Vowels in Ateso, an Eastern Nilotic language, are subject to Advanced Tongue Root (ATR) harmony. Accordingly, the vowels are divided into two harmony sets which differ in terms of tongue root position.
Barasa, David
doaj   +1 more source

The Contextualization of the Nilotic Pastoralist Conflicts in Northern Kenya

open access: yes, 2020
This article gives a critical look at the genesis of protracted conflict in northern Kenya but more specifically among the Turkana, Pokot and Samburu Nilotic pastoral communities.
Fred O. Jonyo (7499620)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC SITUATION OF KUPSAPINY, A SOUTHERN NILOTIC LANGUAGE OF UGANDA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study reports on the sociolinguistic situation of Kupsapiny, the Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Sebei people in the Sebei region of Uganda.
KAWACHI, Kazuhiro
core   +1 more source

Ordering being, divining time: Nilotic sacrifice as iconic poiesis: Part 1–Ikoni

open access: yes, 2023
The Karimojong prophet Apaokere was called by Divinity in a dream to sacrifice. In this vision, Divinity instructed him to kill a prized dark ox for the women of his household to avoid the onset of “nothingness.” This two-part essay (the second part to ...
Amoah, Quincy
core   +1 more source

A Preliminary Assessment of the Reproductive Performance of Nilotic Bucks under Intensive Management in the Semi-arid Climate of Khartoum

open access: yes, 2023
Three Nilotic bucks were fed sorghum-based diet and threemolasses-based diets to examine the effect of nutrition and seasons inKhartoum (Sudan) on the scrotal circumference, sexual behaviour andsemen quality.
Atta, Muzamil, Adam, Ahmed Abdel Gadir
core   +1 more source

Navigating Crafted Landscape

open access: yes
Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 393-396, June 2025.
Nomi Schneck
wiley   +1 more source

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