Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern KenyaClan 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 35
We thus know that the expansion of the Oromo in the Ethiopian highlands began
about 1540. It is believed that this expansion occurred simultaneously on all
sides—perhaps within a few decades. The southward expansion of Oromo from
their ...
We thus know that the expansion of the Oromo in the Ethiopian highlands began
about 1540. It is believed that this expansion occurred simultaneously on all
sides—perhaps within a few decades. The southward expansion of Oromo from
their ...
Page 81
The Boran and other Oromo speakers call one of the grades through which their
generation sets pass gada. Haberland takes this term up and defines gada
systems as different from other age-set systems in being marked by a rigid order
of ...
The Boran and other Oromo speakers call one of the grades through which their
generation sets pass gada. Haberland takes this term up and defines gada
systems as different from other age-set systems in being marked by a rigid order
of ...
Page 82
and Oromo, is thus supported by the general picture of migrations in the Horn
which has emerged since: the gada system cannot have been borrowed from the
Bantu. Second, in 1933, Biasutti published a critical review of the second volume
...
and Oromo, is thus supported by the general picture of migrations in the Horn
which has emerged since: the gada system cannot have been borrowed from the
Bantu. Second, in 1933, Biasutti published a critical review of the second volume
...
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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
According adopted age set age-set Ajuran Alganna ancestors animals asked became become believed belong birth Boran brand British brothers called camels cattle century ceremony chapter claim clan common course culture custom cycle described Diagram discussed duub east elders elements ethnic fact father gaal Gaaldeilan Gaalorra Gabbra Galbo Garre girl give given groups hand herd historical identity important Islam joined Kenya killed language later lineage lived lost marked marriage married means migration Miigo milk moiety moved Muslim northern Odoola origin Oromo phratry present qallu recent refer relationship Rendille ritual Saale Sakuye Samburu Schlee seen senior separated settlement shared side similar social society Somali sons sorio split stayed subclan traditions tribe woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Volume 5 of Cultural Politics International African Institute Seminar Studies Issue 5 of International African library, ISSN 0951-1377 |
| Author | Günther Schlee |
| Contributor | International African Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press for the International African Institute, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0719030102, 9780719030109 |
| Length | 278 pages |
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