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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... believed to be inherited through and typical of a subclan are partly central personality traits , partly anecdotal marginalities . Here are some of the most current ascriptions : Saale – strength and stupidity ; Rengumo – ' heat ...
... believed to be inherited , it is reinforced or actualised by special rituals performed on male babies and on individuals who are adopted into a subclan . All the members of a subclan must be either iibire or wakhkamur . A clan , however ...
... believed to be of common origin . Gaaloroyó and Elegella each stand alone . For a few age - set cycles the four parts thus defined have now been marrying the DaChi of each other . Further , these DaChi are allowed to intermarry ...
... believed to have the strongest prayer and the younger men who are credited with the most effective action . But behind the visible power of the hayyu there is the power of the qallu , who have bestowed it on the former . ' Abartu qurt ...
... believed that otherwise one will meet an early death . All this is not compatible with the positive , propitious role of the hayyu as a figure of social identification . Thus the qallu remain in the background of the power play . The ...
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 |