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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... given by the 1979 census , 1824 persons , is far too low . Because of their language and their interlocking settlements many southern Sakuye must have said Boran when asked for their tribe . The Sakuye have been weakened by recent ...
... given of inter - ethnic clan relationships which , intermittently throughout the centuries , have been used for economic relief in times of stress , for intermigration , conflict solving , hospitality and other purposes . These inter ...
... at gaalgulamme . The distribution of clans into the two belel is given in the clan list below . The third part of the Rendille is the small clan Odoola , which once more proves its special position by RENDILLE CLAN STRUCTURE 9.
... given combination of traits is inherited and passed on , rather than through the clan , although it is in the clan and even the larger brotherhood of clans that sexual rights are shared : men of the age set of the husband ( Hu ) , if ...
... given his daughter in marriage to his rescuer and asked them to give the couple their blessing . Since the patrilineal terminology is kept for the whole of Rengumo , the paradoxical situation arises that somebody can be Hu and Br or ...
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 |