Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern KenyaRoutledge, 2018 M09 3 - 290 pages Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in managing herds. Oral history is combined with cultural comparison and the analysis of social structure. Blending synchronic and diachronic perspectives, the book synthesises historical ethnology in the Continental tradition with social anthropology. Historically it overturns some established ideas about how the Horn of Africa was settled. Anthropologically it shows how relations may exceed the bounds of the ethnic group as the conventional unit of study. |
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... marriage constellations in a Rendille descent line Age-sets per generation in the various systems The Gabbra Miigo generation-set system The Sharbana age-set system The mbao game Alif Lossa of Galbo 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25.
... Distribution of the tools of consecration 7 Rendille and Samburu age-set names 8 A comparison of Gabbra Miigo and Rendille age-set names 9 Gabbra Malbe age-set chronology FOREWORD This study brings together, in an imaginative and ...
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Contents
Clan phratry tribe ethnic group as defined by empirical | |
The historical frame | |
a comparative approach | |
The interethnic clan clusters | |
Conclusion | |
Other editions - View all
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |