The Shilluk of Southern Sudan

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1976

Documentary

52 minutes

Summary

This film presents a compelling visual and aural analysis of Shilluk kingship in 1975, and provides a very useful complement to Evans-Pritchard’s 1948 text, The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk. Although the Reth (king) has been reduced to the status of second-class magistrate in dispute settlement by the Sundanese government, he is still the focus of political and national identity for a Shilluk people composed of competing territorial groupings. At the death of the Reth, his spirit passes into the Nile.

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StatusReleased: 49 years ago
January 1, 1976

LanguageUnknown

Spoken LanguagesUnknown

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