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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... units 2 Sakuye clan list 3 The settlement order of the Sakuye at the site of the hayyu and jaldab inaugurations 4 The position of the Isaaq , Degodia , Garre , Dulbaħante and Ajuran in the genealogy of the Somali nation 5 Fission along ...
... unit of study at the expense of other social units and networks , whether they be larger or smaller than the ethnic group or of a similar size but different in nature . Why then are anthropological studies of poly - ethnic districts ...
... unit . This double hierarchy can be depicted by two tree diagrams ( Diagram 1 ) . This book examines inter - ethnic clan relationships , clan by clan , between a number of Cushitic - speaking ethnic groups of ... units. 2 INTRODUCTION.
... units of the same scale have , even approximately , the same tasks and functions . It is impossible to apply any of the terms we want to define here to any two societies studied in exactly the same sense , that is , to find an ...
... units and has a special position , remarkable both culturally and organisationally , which I shall discuss below . A very large clan with symptoms of an advanced stage of fission into independent units is Saale . Saale has six subclans ...
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 |