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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... Ajuran in the genealogy of the Somali nation 5 Fission along the moiety division and reconstitution of moiety systems in Boran and Tana Orma ethnogenesis 6 Age - set lines and the faħán cycles in the Rendille system 7 The teeria age ...
... Ajuran 30 Genealogical ideas of some Kenya Ajuran 31 The Gaabanayó brand and the Galleole alif Lossa brand 32 Genealogical relationships between the ancestors of Quchabúr 33 The Tubcha brand and its modifications by diacritical marks 34 ...
... Ajuran and the Garre . The Ajuran can be found in many locations in the different states of the Horn . In Kenya an important concentration lives in the northern part of Wajir District . Like all Somali , they are Muslims . They number ...
... Ajuran . Their wide area of dispersal comprises both bovine and camel pastures . Like some of the Degodia Somali , who are numerous in Kenya ( 93,035 ) , some Ajuran are traders in the areas of other pastoralists . Trading is one of the ...
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Contents
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Chapter 3 The historical frame | 30 |
a comparative approach to history | 54 |
Chapter 5 The interethnic clan clusters | 145 |
Chapter 6 Conclusion | 234 |
Interviews and their locations | 237 |
Notes | 240 |
Bibliography | 266 |
Index | 275 |
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Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |