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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... origin of Ajuran 30 Genealogical ideas of some Kenya Ajuran 31 The Gaabanayó brand and the Galleole alif Lossa brand 32 Genealogical relationships between the ancestors of Quchabúr 33 The Tubcha brand and its modifications by ...
... origin - but wrongly , as we shall see . The British colonial administration shared this view and drew a territorial boundary between the two broad categories of peoples they recognised in the area : ' Galla ' and ' Somali ' . In fact ...
Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee. origin have been derived from comparisons of clan ... origins and subsequent splits are also reported by oral history , so the two types of evidence used confirm each other . The ...
... origin and the fact that the relationship is supported by historical memory also make them different on the sociological level from clan brotherhoods which are purely contractual . A relationship which is based on nothing but an ...
... origin and follow the exogamy rules of their Rendille clan of origin . They thus have a double affiliation . The economic advantage of being an Ariaal lies in better access to the resources of the cattle economy , which is dominated by ...
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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