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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... later in the framework of the Bayreuth ' Identity in Africa ' project ( SFB 214 : A3 , A4 , A6 ) . A shorter trip in 1981 was financed by the University of Bayreuth . I thank them all . CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Social identities are ...
... later also Melanesian – societies is that of the segmentary lineage system . Such systems necessarily comprise hierarchical taxonomies . A tribe is subdivided into major lineages , then into minor and finally into minimal lineages , or ...
... later immigrants , speak only Somali . The population of the Garre in Kenya is 83,083 . They mainly live in the districts of Wajir and Mandera . Many Garre also live in Ethiopia and 7 Somalia . Their linguistic situation is similar to ...
... 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.
... Later this marriage was sanctioned by the introduction of new exogamy rules . According to another tradition an old man , Eisimkoro , was left behind by his migrating settlement . A warrior of Rengumo saved him and helped him to the new ...
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 |