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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... Orientation of sacrificial animals 17 Migrations and present - day distribution of Odoola 78 165 174 175 175 179 179 193 18 Some genealogical. 79 80 83 84 124 131 150 163 12-13 18-20 24 25 64 65 76 85 86-7 List of maps, diagrams and tables.
... migrations can be seen in a framework of major ethnogenetic developments . They stem from the time before the Oromo expansion ( sixteenth century ) when the present ethnic divisions in this area did not yet exist . The ancestors of the ...
... migrating settlement . A warrior of Rengumo saved him and helped him to the new location of the settlement . Eisimkoro then called his co - elders of Rengumo to the naabo , the assembly place , and declared that he had given his ...
... migrants who wish to join the Gabbra can be ascribed their ' correct ' moiety and soon find their way around their new social environment . Below this level it is difficult to define units . It is best to ignore a number of vague ...
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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 |