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 68
... almodo ( R ) , almado ( B ) . The Rendille rules for the timing of almodo enable it in the long term to be closely related to the solar year , if the rules were strictly followed and almodo held on the earliest permitted date ; but in ...
... almodo ( R ) , almado ( B ) . The Rendille rules for the timing of almodo enable it in the long term to be closely related to the solar year , if the rules were strictly followed and almodo held on the earliest permitted date ; but in ...
Page 69
... almodo , or related to it , if we find it elsewhere . Milk At almodo , on three occasions , one a week , female sheep and lambs are ' washed ' with milk at the doorpost of the house and at the ritual gate ( see below ) . The washing is ...
... almodo , or related to it , if we find it elsewhere . Milk At almodo , on three occasions , one a week , female sheep and lambs are ' washed ' with milk at the doorpost of the house and at the ritual gate ( see below ) . The washing is ...
Page 70
... almodo.44 Mu'allim Mukhtar also mentions saddet ibida , ' eight fires ' , one a week , at the end of the dry season , leading up to almodo , which marks the beginning of the autumn rains ( hagaya ) . According to a large number of ...
... almodo.44 Mu'allim Mukhtar also mentions saddet ibida , ' eight fires ' , one a week , at the end of the dry season , leading up to almodo , which marks the beginning of the autumn rains ( hagaya ) . According to a large number of ...
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