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 25
... subclan showing circumcision years and approximate time - depth of this subclan among the Rendille 26 Spatial arrangements around the hill Kallés on the occasion of Garawaħle's sacrifice 27 Helmale ( gólole ) 28 The togoog brand of ...
... subclans , lineages and so on . The segmentary model which shows the clan as a subunit of a tribe and / or an ethnic unit does not show the disposition of the same clan in different ethnic groups . Inter - ethnic clan relationships ...
... subclan of the Saale , speak Rendille , live among Rendille , breed camels and are generally counted among the ' white ' Rendille . However , they ' kill ilmugit and do not participate in gaalgulamme . The case of the Rengumo subclan ...
... subclan , first . The subclan is based on common socially acknowledged patrilineal descent . Biological descent is ' not counted ' . The genitor , even if known to be different from the pater , is irrelevant , so irrelevant , in fact ...
... subclan . All the members of a subclan must be either iibire or wakhkamur . A clan , however , can be composed of iibire and wakhkamur subclans . In the tribe - wide division of ritual labour it is generally the iibire who do something ...
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 |