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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... Galbo 16 Orientation of sacrificial animals 17 Migrations and present - day distribution of Odoola 78 165 174 175 175 179 179 193 18 Some genealogical. 79 80 83 84 124 131 150 163 12-13 18-20 24 25 64 65 76 85 86-7 List of maps, diagrams ...
... Galbo and Rendille Gaaldeilan ) 25 Genealogy of a part of the Elémo subclan showing circumcision years and approximate time - depth of this subclan among the Rendille 26 Spatial arrangements around the hill Kallés on the occasion of ...
... Galbo , Sharbana , Odoola and Alganna – which are the political and ritual foci of Gabbra social organisation . Such is the relative self - sufficiency of the phratries that one is tempted to ask what constitutes Gabbra as one tribe or ...
... Galbo combine under the name Baráwa and seven under the name Yohóma . By their scale and taxonomic position we are tempted to call these units clans . But these clans are neither exogamous nor in any other conspicuous way relevant for ...
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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 Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |