Al norte del Nilo Azul

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Portada de Al norte del Nilo azulTitle:
"North of the Blue Nile. The world of the Gumuz, a marginal people of Ethiopia ".
Author: Juan González Núñez
Editorial: Black World
Sentence: "I know I'm, somehow, an intruder. What do I regret name, if your answer is not up to my expectations?”.
Critical Vap: This is a trip to the territory of the Gumuz, fishing ground of slaves from time immemorial, to land that crosses the Blue Nile in western Ethiopia Sudan road, of the hand of a cicerone exceptional: Comboni Father Juan González Núñez, one of the main disseminators of Ethiopian history in Spain. The missionary, twenty years behind in ancient Abyssinia, has scrutinized the soul of this town anchored in traditions rooted-regarded with suspicion by their fellow- to offer the reader a first-order fresh anthropological. Viajesal pasado.com had the opportunity to meet briefly the admirable work Comboni missionaries develop between Gumuz and can attest to how hard it is to earn your trust, are accustomed to be suspicious about outsiders who almost always have come to enslave them or expel them from their land.

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  • Isabel

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    What credit is that these missionaries, faithful to the Gospel message in such remote places. They could learn some… The book I have not read, but seek.

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  • Safe Rodri

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    These if you are playing the type quietly and without their vocation of service has no social recognition. They are stigmatized for being religious, without delving into the great social work develop. But since there are NGOs…

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