title: West African Immigration to Sudan: Areas of Settlement, Interaction with Sudanese Tribes and Cultural Characteristics
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metadata.value: Gerasimov, Igor V.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Vlasenkova, Ekaterina S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-10-05T12:09:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-10-05T12:09:10Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Gerasimov I. V., Vlasenkova E. S. West African Immigration to Sudan: Areas of Settlement, Interaction with Sudanese Tribes and Cultural Characteristics. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, pp. 375–384. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.210
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.210
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44086
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metadata.value: The paper addresses the actual topic of migrations that have been occured for centuries on
  the African continent. The authors analyze the routes of West African pilgrims who made the
  hajj to Mecca, the reasons and areas of settlement of these groups in the territory of modern
  Sudan. It is described in detail about the ethnonyms which sudanic people use for “alien”
  population, paying special attention to the terms “takrur” and “fellata”. Despite the preservation
  of their native language, the settlers mastered the Arabic language and culture. West African
  migrants try to live in compact groups together with their compatriots in various areas
  of the Sudanese state. Their settlements are located in Jibal Nuba (Kordofan), in Darfur, on the
  banks of the Blue Nile and even in Eastern Sudan, not to mention the Sudanese capital and
  other major cities. A large group of Takrur has been living for several centuries on the border
  of Sudan and Ethiopia, in an area known in Arabic as Ras al-fil (Elephant’s Head). Attention
  is drawn to their quite peaceful interaction with local Arab tribes, such as, for example, the
  Dabaina. Natives of West Africa were early involved in the orbit of Sufi orders, as reported in
  Ibn Daifallah’s large-scale work “Kitab at-Tabaqat”. Some people from Takrur themselves were
  active propagandists of both official and Sufi Islam in Sudan. Religious and economic factors
  undoubtedly had a huge impact on the waves of migration to the area of modern Sudan. The
  authors refer to the works of Western, Russian, Sudanese and Nigerian researchers, the reports
  of early Arab geographers thereby summarizing the phenomena, information about the regions,
  resettlement, and people from the observations in Sudan.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 15; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fellata
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: takrur
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sudan
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: migration
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: West African pilgrims
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Islam
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: West African Immigration to Sudan: Areas of Settlement, Interaction with Sudanese Tribes and Cultural Characteristics
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metadata.value: Article
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