Five Women of Sennar: Culture and Change in Central Sudan.

Abstract

I. Introduction: The Town of Sennar Society and kinship in Sennar Women and the religious life Women and work in Sennar II. Five Women of Sennar: al Mushata: traditional hairdresser Sitt al Kushuk: market woman al Diya: midwife Servant of God: faith-healer and seeress al Umiya: leader of the tombura zar cult III. Women's Work, Women's Ways: culture and change in Central Sudan