Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern KenyaManchester University Press for the International African Institute, 1989 - 278 pages Clan relationships exceed the bounds of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuya, & Somali ethnic groups These affiliations are useful for political & herding needs. This book gives cultural & linguistic information on each of the above tribal groups. |
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Page 211
... Ajuran elders . He had told the boy to identify himself as Saale when asked for his clan , and this the boy did . Kosar reacted in a speech , the gist of which was , ' I am Bedán Ajuran and you are Sánle Ajuran . We are brothers , sons ...
... Ajuran elders . He had told the boy to identify himself as Saale when asked for his clan , and this the boy did . Kosar reacted in a speech , the gist of which was , ' I am Bedán Ajuran and you are Sánle Ajuran . We are brothers , sons ...
Page 215
... Ajuran cannot use direct questions . To ask ' When and how did the Ajuran become Muslims and to which beliefs did they adhere before that ? ' does not make sense to an Ajuran . His eponymous ancestor is believed to have always been a ...
... Ajuran cannot use direct questions . To ask ' When and how did the Ajuran become Muslims and to which beliefs did they adhere before that ? ' does not make sense to an Ajuran . His eponymous ancestor is believed to have always been a ...
Page 222
... Ajuran ] . The other version specifies the kind of curse . It is an analogous or sympathetic one . The Ajuran are to be scattered as the hair of the sheikh has been scattered . Ajuran kabil kasta ( inti Soomaali - eh ) waa gelen . Ki ...
... Ajuran ] . The other version specifies the kind of curse . It is an analogous or sympathetic one . The Ajuran are to be scattered as the hair of the sheikh has been scattered . Ajuran kabil kasta ( inti Soomaali - eh ) waa gelen . Ki ...
Contents
Alternative forms of inclusion of clans into major units | 2 |
Clan phratry tribe ethnic group as defined by empirical | 8 |
Sakuye clan list | 21 |
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Abudo Afat age set age-set age-set system Ajuran Alganna almodo ancestors animals Ariaal Belesi Boran brand brothers called camels cattle ceremony chapter chuf circumcision claim clan relationships culture cycle D'ubsaħai d'ufe dabela Dambal Darood Degodia Diagram duub elders Elémo Ethiopia exogamy faħán father fula gaaf gaal Gaaldeilan Gaalorra Gabbra Malbe Gabbra Miigo gada system galaan Galbo Garre genealogy girl godaane guyya Guyyo Haberland Harrau Hawiyya hayyu herd inter-ethnic clan Iris isan Isiolo District Islam Jubaland kaan Karrayyu Kenya Lake Turkana lineage Lossa maal married Marsabit Matarbá migration milk moiety Muslim Nebei northern Kenya Odoola origin Oromo phratry qallu Quchabúr raided Rendille Rendille and Gabbra Rendille clan Rendille society Rengumo ritual Saale Sakuye Samburu Sanle Schlee settlement Sharbana she-camel sheikh slaughtered smallstock Somali sorio split subclan tokko traditions tribe Tubcha Turkana Usmalo waan Wajir Walemügge Wario Worr Yiblo