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 135
... custom , has to be sought elsewhere . The closest Muslim ritual in time would be Maulid , the birth- day of the ... customs right there . Also Sharbana went to one land , beyond Dillo , and performed customs . At all those places naabo ...
... custom , has to be sought elsewhere . The closest Muslim ritual in time would be Maulid , the birth- day of the ... customs right there . Also Sharbana went to one land , beyond Dillo , and performed customs . At all those places naabo ...
Page 156
... custom was brought to [ the Gabbra ] he was not with them . Our [ line- age ] , when they came , they came with camels . They got their senior position only by talking . ' I have stayed where the custom is , you have gone , migrated to ...
... custom was brought to [ the Gabbra ] he was not with them . Our [ line- age ] , when they came , they came with camels . They got their senior position only by talking . ' I have stayed where the custom is , you have gone , migrated to ...
Page 186
... custom which is often attributed to the common migrational history of the two clans . At the marriage of a Gaalorra man , smallstock is slaughtered and eaten exclusively by Gaalorra and any Rengumo people who happen to be there , but by ...
... custom which is often attributed to the common migrational history of the two clans . At the marriage of a Gaalorra man , smallstock is slaughtered and eaten exclusively by Gaalorra and any Rengumo people who happen to be there , but by ...
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