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 35
... Oromo from their southern Ethiopian nucleus into Kenya presumably did not take place much later . In any case a strong concentra- tion of Oromo on the lower Juba is documented for 1624 ( Turton 1974 : 533 ) . The wave of Galla or Oromo ...
... Oromo from their southern Ethiopian nucleus into Kenya presumably did not take place much later . In any case a strong concentra- tion of Oromo on the lower Juba is documented for 1624 ( Turton 1974 : 533 ) . The wave of Galla or Oromo ...
Page 81
... 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 numbers . This is ...
... 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 numbers . This is ...
Page 82
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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