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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... fact , the recent and artificial nature of some ethnic identities – a number of which have apparently only formed in response to colonial rule – has repeatedly been stressed . There are no theoretical grounds for giving the ethnic group ...
... fact that the census was an official event on the national level and that Sakuye as an ethnonym is losing some of its wider currency , even though it may continue to be locally important . The Sakuye have converted from traditional ...
... fact , as we shall see , many of the so - called “ Galla ' are more ' Somali ' than anything else . 10 In spite of marked cultural differences which pervade almost all levels of culture and spheres of life ( language , religion ...
... fact that the original population split and became ethnically differentiated across clan boundaries ; others stem from later inter - ethnic migrations . The historical circumstances of how these clan relationships came to 6 INTRODUCTION.
... fact that many of the clans in different ethnic groups of northern Kenya are related by origin and the fact that the relationship is supported by historical memory also make them different on the sociological level from 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 |