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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... ancestors of Quchabúr 33 The Tubcha brand and its modifications by diacritical marks 34 The emergence of interethnic clan relationships 199 202 204 209 214 227 229 230 232 235 TABLES 1 Rendille clans 2 Gabbra clan list 3 Boran clan list ...
... ancestors of the Gabbra , the Rendille , the Sakuye and the 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 ...
... ancestor of the Ongóm once eloped with a girl of his own clan , Rengumo . Later this marriage was sanctioned by the introduction of new exogamy rules . According to another tradition an old man , Eisimkoro , was left behind by his ...
... , however , the use of such terms is extended to all of Baráwa . Some informants succeed in tracing the names of their patrilineal forefathers back to the eponymous lineage ancestor . Not all lineages GABBRA CLAN STRUCTURE 17.
Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee. fathers back to the eponymous lineage ancestor . Not all lineages , however , derive their names from such ancestors , and models such as the segmentary lineage system derived ...
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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