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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... Sakuye clan list 3 The settlement order of the Sakuye at the site of the hayyu and jaldab inaugurations 4 The position of the Isaaq , Degodia , Garre , Dulbaħante and Ajuran in the genealogy of the Somali nation 5 Fission along the ...
... Sakuye , Gabbra and Somali of northern Kenya , but such connections probably ramify across the Horn . As the markers of clan identities differ from those used to mark the broader ethnic identities , obviously language cannot be one ...
... Sakuye live in two separate clusters , one around Dabel , in the northern part of the Marsabit District not far from the Ethiopian border on the Moyale - Wajir road , another in the Waso ( river ) area of Isiolo District ( i.e. along ...
... 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 Lako Victoria Approximate Western limit of ...
... Sakuye ( e.g. Torry 1973 and cursorily Haberland 1963 : 141ff . ) often describe these groups as subunits of the Boran or as being of Boran origin - but wrongly , as we shall see . The British colonial administration shared this view ...
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 |