This collective volume examines aspects of pastoral nomadism in the Sudan, with special attention to the issue of sedentarization. Contents: Introduction: The question of pastoral nomadism in the Sudan, by Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed; Part One: Pastoral movements: Subsidiary nomadic movements of the Humr, by I. Cunnison; Seasonal movements of the Kababish Arabs of northern Kordofan, by Talal Asad; Nomadic competition in the Funj area, by Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed; Part Two: Social and economic aspects of nomadic life: Some social aspects of nomadism in a Baggara tribe, by I. Cunnison; The Rufa’a al-Hoi economy, by Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed; Hababin village economy, by L.G. Hill; Economic adaptations in Khashm el Girba, by G.M. Srb; Psycho-medical aspects of nomadism in the Sudan, by El Hadi El Nagar and Taha Baasher; Part Three: The question of settling the nomads in the Sudan: Project of community development for settlement of nomads in the Sudan: summary of the request; Settlement of nomads in the Sudan: a critique of present plans, by I. Cunnison, Talal Asad and L.G. Hill; Range and livestock problems facing the settlement of nomads, by Mustafa M. Baasher; A bibliography of nomadic studies in the Sudan, by Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed and El Wathig M. El Haj.
