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
... believed that this expansion occurred simultaneously on all sides - perhaps within a few decades . The southward expansion of Oromo from their southern Ethiopian nucleus into Kenya presumably did not take place much later . In any case ...
... believed that this expansion occurred simultaneously on all sides - perhaps within a few decades . The southward expansion of Oromo from their southern Ethiopian nucleus into Kenya presumably did not take place much later . In any case ...
Page 164
... believed to have remained unchanged through a trans - ethnic pro- cess : it has existed in an earlier ethnic constellation , the ' Garre ' , 36 and it continues to exist in the frame of Rendille society . The same informant goes on to ...
... believed to have remained unchanged through a trans - ethnic pro- cess : it has existed in an earlier ethnic constellation , the ' Garre ' , 36 and it continues to exist in the frame of Rendille society . The same informant goes on to ...
Page 203
... believed to have come from Sharbana.118 The founder of this lineage , who lived about six generations ago , is said to have left his paternal clan as a boy because he did not get the camels he demanded . In Alganna he associated himself ...
... believed to have come from Sharbana.118 The founder of this lineage , who lived about six generations ago , is said to have left his paternal clan as a boy because he did not get the camels he demanded . In Alganna he associated himself ...
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