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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... common origin , while other clan relationships , those between some of these groups and the Boran , stem from a political alliance which expresses itself in collective adoptions . The strongest arguments for a common origin have been ...
... Common origins and subsequent splits are also reported by oral history , so the two types of evidence used confirm each other . The clan fissions and clan migrations can be seen in a framework of major ethnogenetic developments . They ...
... common socially acknowledged patrilineal descent . Biological descent is ' not counted ' . The genitor , even if known to be different from the pater , is irrelevant , so irrelevant , in fact , that nobody bothers if mothers of ...
... common group of origin or can be of totally different origins but joined together in an adoptive association , using patrilineal descent as a mere model . Terminologically , all members of a clan are patrilineal relatives . At least ...
... 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 , although it is normally ...
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 |