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    The Nuer as Refugees: A Study on Social Adaptation
    (Addis Ababa University, 1997-05) Felge, Christiane; Mergessa, Dr. Gemetchew
    Culture bases on analogy. and Nuer culture bases on cattle analogy which becomes clear in exile where they are absent. In this short essay I have shown that in a situation where there are no cattle N uer have created the ," social. cattle", called Pinyudo cow as an analogy to explain a social phenomena. The cattle while physically absentis theoretically made present in exile to organise and order society., Thus the Nueras refugees have created cattle metaphors which can be cattle under conception,' cattle with calves, bulls, heifers etc.