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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Results 1-5 of 44
... moiety division and reconstitution of moiety systems in Boran and Tana Orma ethnogenesis 6 Age - set lines and the faħán cycles in the Rendille system 7 The teeria age - set line in the time sequence 8 The teeria age - set line in ...
... moieties ( belel ) , i.e. Belesi Baħai and Belesi Berri , the ' western ' and ' eastern ' moieties respectively . The cardinal points become evident in the settlement order at gaalgulamme . The distribution of clans into the two belel ...
... moiety . To arrive at a definition of ' clan ' it is convenient to invert the hierarchical order of organisational levels and to define the largest selfcontained subunit of a clan , the subclan , first . The subclan is based on common ...
... Moiety : Belesi Baħai 1 D'UBSAHAI = D'ISBAHAI Wambíle ( Farre ) Gaalimogle Wambile Timado Orguba Dabalén Bulyárre Bulyar Baayo Deere Garab Gudére Gudére Eisimdeele Eisimchudugle Sanchir Nolaso Chaule Mirgichán Mirgichán Eisingaalgidele ...
... Kisambu Eisimfofén Tirtiri Dokhe 3 GAALDEILAN Keele Búrcha Outside the moieties ODOOLA Makhalán Maħabolle Timbór Dafardai Mooga ( Adibille ) Nurre Table 2 ( cont . ) phatry moiety lincage -Yiblo RENDILLE CLAN STRUCTURE 13.
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 |
Other editions - View all
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 |