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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... century ) when the present ethnic divisions in this area did not yet exist . The ancestors of the Gabbra , the Rendille , the Sakuye and the Garre ( and possibly some others ) then shared a culture which I reconstruct from what is left ...
... century ) when the present ethnic divisions in this area did not yet exist . The ancestors of the Gabbra , the Rendille , the Sakuye and the Garre ( and possibly some others ) then shared a culture which I reconstruct from what is left ...
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... century to events that have been recorded in Ethiopian and Portuguese sources . 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 ...
... century to events that have been recorded in Ethiopian and Portuguese sources . 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 ...
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... century ( i.e. at the same time as the dramatic Oromo expansion ) , and which in the first decades of its existence ... century , who established this relationship with the Boran . With regard to those Ajuran who paid tribute to the ...
... century ( i.e. at the same time as the dramatic Oromo expansion ) , and which in the first decades of its existence ... century , who established this relationship with the Boran . With regard to those Ajuran who paid tribute to the ...
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