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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... ceremonies but , more importantly , the Samburu and Ariaal hold various ilmugit sacrifices while the Non - Ariaal Rendille ... ceremony , for which they gather once in fourteen years in a gigantic circle of houses ( Schlee 1979 : 224 ) ...
... ceremony . Between the Gabbra phratries , on the other hand , we find parallelism and division . As internally differentiated communities of co - operation it is the single phratries , and not the whole of Gabbra , which in their age ...
... ceremonies . These dates correspond for Belesi Baħai and Lossa on the one hand and for Belesi Berri and Yiblo on the other . It ... ceremony . Further , it is the non - qallu lineages which , like the wakhkamur of the Rendille , not only ...
... ceremonies eebiftu lineages give sheep while noneebiftu give goats . As well as being the bearer of powers such as cursing and blessing or the holder of heritable offices , the lineage also tends to be the largest exogamous group ...
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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 |