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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... rules of exogamy . These markers pre - date the formation of present ethnic groups . In order to reconstruct clan and ethnic identities Professor Schlee has drawn on insights derived from German ethnological and linguistic theorists ...
... rule – has repeatedly been stressed . There are no theoretical grounds for giving the ethnic group precedence as the unit of study at the expense of other social units and networks , whether they be larger or smaller than the ethnic ...
... rules for the proper treatment of camels . Whatever internal divisions existed between the bearers of the original PRS culture , they did not coincide with the present - day ethnic boundaries . These latter are due to two factors which ...
... rules by which people choose marriage partners or address relatives so different , that even for closely related groups we cannot assume beforehand that social units of the same scale have , even approximately , the same tasks and ...
... 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 the Samburu with whom the ...
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 |