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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Results 1-5 of 70
... Garre , Dulbaħante and 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 ...
... is the theme of this study but they have to be included because of the hegemonical role they played in the area and because of the catalytic Dasanech ETHIOPIA SUDAN Boran Rives Turkana Loko Tuit Gebbra Garre INTRODUCTION 3.
... Garre Boran Decodia + Garre Nilotes Gabbra Sakuye Degodia Rendille Boran Ajuran + Degodia UGANDA Rendille + Ariaal SOMALIA Samburu к E N Y А Boran + Sakuye Boran River Central Kenyan Tane Orma Bantu Abdwak . Abdalla ) Darood ( Ogaden ...
... Garre in particular can be shown to be composed of clans many of which occur in two or more of them . These inter - ethnic clan relationships will be analysed synchronically and diachronically ( or sociologically and historically ) ...
... Garre ( and possibly some others ) then shared a culture which I reconstruct from what is left of it . I call this the PRS culture ( proto Rendille - Somali ) after the westernmost and easternmost of its heirs . The question of how many ...
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 |