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 84
... Clan , phratry , tribe , ethnic group as defined by empirical findings 3 The historical frame 4 Elements of a proto - culture : a comparative approach to history 5 The inter - ethnic clan clusters 6 Conclusion 8 30 54 145 234 237 240 ...
... clans into major units 2 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 ...
... clan relationships 199 202 204 209 214 227 229 230 232 235 TABLES 1 Rendille clans 2 Gabbra clan list 3 Boran clan list 4 ' Galla ' clan list ( sixteenth century ) 5 A comparative list of the names of the months 6 Distribution of the ...
... clan histories . This book documents such connections among the Rendille , 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 ...
... clans , subclans , lineages and so on . The segmentary model which shows the clan as a subunit of a tribe and / or an ethnic unit does not show the disposition of the same clan in different ethnic groups . Inter - ethnic clan ...
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 |