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 180
... Gaalorra girls do not become sabade , whereas other Rendille declare the daughters of one age set of the generation cycle of three to be sabade and delay their marriage by one initiation cycle of 14 years . " 65 In their fertile years ...
... Gaalorra girls do not become sabade , whereas other Rendille declare the daughters of one age set of the generation cycle of three to be sabade and delay their marriage by one initiation cycle of 14 years . " 65 In their fertile years ...
Page 188
... Gaalorra and combined them under the name Gaaldeilan . 4 A man of this southern branch of Gaalorra asked a man of Nebei for a camel bull and was killed by miraculous means in the process . 5 A man from the Boran branch of Gaalorra came ...
... Gaalorra and combined them under the name Gaaldeilan . 4 A man of this southern branch of Gaalorra asked a man of Nebei for a camel bull and was killed by miraculous means in the process . 5 A man from the Boran branch of Gaalorra came ...
Page 195
... Gaalorra and places the incorporation of Elémo in the same chain of events : Aranki Gaalorra Bei soomaħe , koban khaba , kobanki D'ehes . Ch ' us Kulal sarche sookore , khure to haad'et khaba . The man of Gaalorra crossed the lake to ...
... Gaalorra and places the incorporation of Elémo in the same chain of events : Aranki Gaalorra Bei soomaħe , koban khaba , kobanki D'ehes . Ch ' us Kulal sarche sookore , khure to haad'et khaba . The man of Gaalorra crossed the lake to ...
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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Common terms and phrases
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