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116 Godfrey Lienhardt
meaning of the colour of animals. And as I have said~ what 'colour'
you are in this sense decides whom you may marry~ and may decide~
in a homicide, who is likely to kill or be killed by whom. At this
level the particular individual designated by his personal names is
of secondary importance; and the statement attributed to various
Oxford figures when rebuffing an unwanted acquaintance - 'It's not
you I dislike, it's just your type' - would seem to Dinka to be in
the nature of human relationships.
GODFREY LIENHARDT
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