Universität zu Köln

Jaeger, Marcus (2024). Wise Sayings and Proverbs among Andaandi and Mattokki speaking Nubians. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This thesis explores some aspects of ethnic consciousness and the construction of identity among the Andaandi/Dongolawi and Mattokki/Kenzi Nubians in the Sudan and Egypt by investigating their proverbs. Writing down Nubian proverbs, explaining them against the background of a long Nubian history, heritage and culture, offers contemporary Nubians in a fast-changing world a place for interaction with some aspects of their past. It transports the wisdom and identity of their ancestors into the present, and creates an archive of language and culture documentation hosting the abundant Nubian oral arts that many fear will soon be lost. With modern means of knowledge distribution, proverbial research is framed within a global context, making the proverbs available to a wider audience. Nubians, including transnational Nubians, and interested scholars may access the wisdom formerly passed on locally and benefit from it. The thesis opens up glimpses into the diversity of Nubian lives and their rich sociocultural traits, enabling a discourse about Nubian ethical practices and moral agency, and the lessons a globalised world can learn from it. The research is based on two proverb collections that are extended and divided into 31 semantic domains with a cultural introduction to each domain. Proverbs and their metaphors are interpreted individually and from a comprehensive point of view.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Jaeger, Marcus kmb0zn2@yahoo.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-748429
Date:	2024
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie
Subjects:	Customs, etiquette, folklore Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Nubia, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Mattokki, Kenzi English proverbs English language and culture documentation English moral agency English participatory approach, Southern Theory English
Date of oral exam:	5 June 2024
Referee:	Name Academic Title Storch, Anne Prof Mietzner, Angelika PD Bußmann, Richard Prof Pasch, Helma PD Hellwig, Birgit Prof Bertsch, Eberhard Prof
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/74842