Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern KenyaClan 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 67
Thus large piles of firewood had to be gathered before the new moon of Soom .
Odoola say that this is their way of ' fasting ' and some of them take this as a sign
of ultimate Muslim origin . Soom in fact means ' fasting ' ( in Rendille and Somali ...
Thus large piles of firewood had to be gathered before the new moon of Soom .
Odoola say that this is their way of ' fasting ' and some of them take this as a sign
of ultimate Muslim origin . Soom in fact means ' fasting ' ( in Rendille and Somali ...
Page 225
The only thing we can state with certainty is that Saale and Ajuran claim to be
related - a fact which the groups concerned and everybody who has bothered to
ask them know anyhow . While the factual history of remote periods is sometimes
...
The only thing we can state with certainty is that Saale and Ajuran claim to be
related - a fact which the groups concerned and everybody who has bothered to
ask them know anyhow . While the factual history of remote periods is sometimes
...
Page 254
In fact , a part of Lorogushu , the lineage Kukuto , claim descent from Dambítu .
140 As the Dambítu even today ... The difference arises from the fact that the unit
taken as a starting point is not counted as 0 but as 1 . Also , in German common ...
In fact , a part of Lorogushu , the lineage Kukuto , claim descent from Dambítu .
140 As the Dambítu even today ... The difference arises from the fact that the unit
taken as a starting point is not counted as 0 but as 1 . Also , in German common ...
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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
According age set age-set Ajuran Alganna almodo ancestors animals asked became become believed belong Boran British brothers called camels cattle ceremony chapter claim clan common course culture custom cycle described Diagram discussed duub east elders elements established ethnic fact father gaal Gaalorra Gabbra Galbo Garre girl give given groups hand herd identity important Islam joined Kenya killed language later lineage lived lost marked marriage married means migration Miigo milk moiety months moved Muslim northern Odoola origin Oromo phratry present qallu recent refer relationship Rendille ritual rules Saale Sakuye Samburu Schlee seen senior separated settlement shared side similar social society Somali sons sorio split stayed subclan traditions tribe woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Volume 5 of Cultural Politics International African Institute Seminar Studies Issue 5 of International African library, ISSN 0951-1377 |
| Author | Günther Schlee |
| Contributor | International African Institute |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press for the International African Institute, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0719030102, 9780719030109 |
| Length | 278 pages |
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