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Water, Culture and Identity: Comparing Past and Present Traditions in the Nile Basin Region . By Terje Oestigaard (ed.) . BRIC Press, Bergen, 2009, 272 pp. ISBN 978-82-7453-080-5. € 30.00.

Water, Culture and Identity: Comparing Past and Present Traditions in the Nile Basin Region . By... The volume Water, Culture and Identity was created by the Nile Basin Research Group, a programme of guest researchers at the University of Bergen; the papers in the volume come from the seminar that was the culmination of that programme. As such, it is clearly a conference volume, but the editor has attempted to choose only contributions that speak to the key issues, defined thematically and geographically. The result is a volume that purports to explore the role of water in past and present societies in the broader Nile Basin. In general, the emphasis on water was better sustained than the suggested geographical focus, with papers that range from Ghana to Mozambique. This breadth is not necessarily a weakness. In fact the range of places covered is part of the volume's strength, but it will come as a surprise to readers expecting a Nile Valley volume. The work represented in Water, Culture and Identity is extremely varied, ranging from the study of water management principles along the contemporary Niger to the birth of ceramic technology in the Sahel; this diversity reflects the existing research interests of the contributors. What this volume does very successfully is to make these http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of African Archaeology Brill

Water, Culture and Identity: Comparing Past and Present Traditions in the Nile Basin Region . By Terje Oestigaard (ed.) . BRIC Press, Bergen, 2009, 272 pp. ISBN 978-82-7453-080-5. € 30.00.

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Journal of African Archaeology , Volume 8 (2): 263 – Oct 25, 2010
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© Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1612-1651
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The volume Water, Culture and Identity was created by the Nile Basin Research Group, a programme of guest researchers at the University of Bergen; the papers in the volume come from the seminar that was the culmination of that programme. As such, it is clearly a conference volume, but the editor has attempted to choose only contributions that speak to the key issues, defined thematically and geographically. The result is a volume that purports to explore the role of water in past and present societies in the broader Nile Basin. In general, the emphasis on water was better sustained than the suggested geographical focus, with papers that range from Ghana to Mozambique. This breadth is not necessarily a weakness. In fact the range of places covered is part of the volume's strength, but it will come as a surprise to readers expecting a Nile Valley volume. The work represented in Water, Culture and Identity is extremely varied, ranging from the study of water management principles along the contemporary Niger to the birth of ceramic technology in the Sahel; this diversity reflects the existing research interests of the contributors. What this volume does very successfully is to make these

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Published: Oct 25, 2010

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