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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... important than any single ethnic unit . This double hierarchy can be depicted by two tree diagrams ( Diagram 1 ) . This book examines inter - ethnic clan relationships , clan by clan , between a number of Cushitic - speaking ethnic ...
... important . The Sakuye have converted from traditional theism to Islam within the memory of some living elders . 5 The Boran , whose language the originally unrelated Gabbra and Sakuye have adopted , belong to the wider Oromo nation ...
... important for our study are the Ajuran and the Garre . The Ajuran can be found in many locations in the different states of the Horn . In Kenya an important concentration lives in the northern part of Wajir District . Like all Somali ...
... like a drum and a horn of ivory as central objects of ritual and identification , and a nomadic settlement , the yaa or capital , in which rituals important for the wellbeing of 14 CLAN , PHRATRY , TRIBE , ETHNIC GROUP AS DEFINED.
Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee. capital , in which rituals important for the wellbeing of ... importance , possess an innate power which is independent of the age - set structure and which is not conferred on ...
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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