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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... shared clanship and are quite distinct from stock contracts or stock friendships , in that they are ascriptive and ... shared stock and property marks , similar ritual practices and avoidances , bodies of shared knowledge and rules of ...
... 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 , as we shall see , many of the so - called “ Galla ' are more ' Somali ' than ...
... shared between ' brother ' clans in different ethnic groups . Common origins and subsequent splits are also reported by oral history , so the two types of evidence used confirm each other . The clan fissions and clan migrations can be ...
... shared : men of the age set of the husband ( Hu ) , if genealogically junior to Hu , are counted as younger HuBrs and are thus interchangeable in their role as potential lovers . In other words , it is irrelevant to the subclan , as ...
... shared feature is the fact that the lineage is the bearer of traits and abilities which qualify its members for certain ritual roles . Similar to the iibire of the Rendille , there are qallu lineages whose curse and blessing are ...
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 Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |