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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... ethnic groups . In order to reconstruct clan and ethnic identities Professor Schlee has drawn on insights derived from German ethnological and linguistic theorists . This particular blend of social anthropology , history Foreword.
... linguistics and ethnology has , I think , been immensely productive . Certainly my own understanding of inter - ethnic relationships and of the cultures of the Cushitic - speaking peoples has been enlarged . The synthesis of methods is ...
... linguistically homogeneous and spatially contiguous groups still form the subject matter of the typical monograph ? Apart from pragmatic reasons ( such studies might involve learning more than one non - European language and necessitate ...
... linguistic , religious and other cultural differences are quite marked but , nevertheless , their cross - ethnic clan ties form a dense web . The Rendille who live in the southern part of Marsabit District , between Lake Rudolf ...
... 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 that 4 INTRODUCTION.
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 Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |