Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya

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Manchester University Press, 1989 - 278 pages
Clan relationships exceed the bounds of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuya, & Somali ethnic groups These affiliations are useful for political & herding needs. This book gives cultural & linguistic information on each of the above tribal groups.

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Contents

Distribution of ethnic groups
1
Clan phratry tribe ethnic group as defined by empirical
8
Sakuye clan list
21
The position of the Isaaq Degodia Garre Dulbahante
28
The historical frame
30
Fission along the moiety division and reconstitution of moiety
36
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44
a comparative approach to history
54
The wide fur earclipping
175
Frame of a standard Rendille house
179
Kóbola Gār Gabbra including Borqosho and MassaElémo Gabbra Galbo and Rendille Gaaldeilan
193
Genealogy of a part of the Elémo subclan showing circumcision years and approximate timedepth of this subclan among the Rendille
199
Spatial arrangements around the hill Kallés on the occasion of Garawaħles sacrifice
202
Helmale gólole
204
The togoog brand of Matarbá
209
Alternative explications of the Aqiiliyy origin of Ajuran
214

The teeria ageset line in the time sequence
77
The Gabbra Miigo generationset system
83
The mbao game
124
Alif Lossa of Galbo
131
The interethnic clan clusters
145
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149
Migrations and presentday distribution of Odoola
163
Some genealogical relationships within Usmalo
165
The small fur earclipping
174
Genealogical ideas of some Kenya Ajuran
227
The Gaabanayó brand and the Galleole alif Lossa brand
229
Genealogical relationships between the ancestors of Quchabúr
231
The Tubcha brand and its modifications by diacritical marks
232
Conclusion
234
The emergence of interethnic clan relationships
235
Rendille clans 1213
253
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