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The Manipulation of Time: Calendars and Power in the Sahara

By calendar is meant the way of perceiving periods of time longer than the day and shorter than the year. Both of these periods are determined by clear-cut natural phenomena: the day is defined by periods of light and darkness and the year by the full circle of the seasonal cycle. But periods of time between the day and the year such as seasons are not so conveniently defined, and there is much variation geographically and from year to year; not surprisingly therefore, there is a great variety from culture to culture in ways of conceiving these in between durations. In all human societies, how…