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 38
... established in its present form in the sixteenth century ( i.e. at the same time as the dramatic Oromo expansion ) , and which in the first decades of its existence was an effective means of recruiting a warrior set ( and then gradually ...
... established in its present form in the sixteenth century ( i.e. at the same time as the dramatic Oromo expansion ) , and which in the first decades of its existence was an effective means of recruiting a warrior set ( and then gradually ...
Page 121
... establishing the ritual patron - client relationship . Sakuye 1 puts it in slightly different terms . and compares ... establish a new relationship but relatives who redis- cover and re - establish an old relationship . They only lost ...
... establishing the ritual patron - client relationship . Sakuye 1 puts it in slightly different terms . and compares ... establish a new relationship but relatives who redis- cover and re - establish an old relationship . They only lost ...
Page 157
... established a separate identity within the former PRS cluster that they were joined by Odoola . The migrations of Odoola lineages thus cannot be explained by the major movements of peo- ple but have to be examined each in its own right ...
... established a separate identity within the former PRS cluster that they were joined by Odoola . The migrations of Odoola lineages thus cannot be explained by the major movements of peo- ple but have to be examined each in its own right ...
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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Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |
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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