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 97
... godaan . That time the Muslims conferred . They discussed . What came out of the discussion was [ the decision ] to move . ( Tuf ) The informant being a haji , this version may overstress the importance of dogmatic and legal questions ...
... godaan . That time the Muslims conferred . They discussed . What came out of the discussion was [ the decision ] to move . ( Tuf ) The informant being a haji , this version may overstress the importance of dogmatic and legal questions ...
Page 110
... godaan fulum chuf godaan . Laf atin d'aget tan ; karaa ini gale kara Garba Tullaa kan , ka Garbaa . They turned their faces to Waso , they fled [ along ] the road of Waso . They moved about [ freely ] , there were no people in the land ...
... godaan fulum chuf godaan . Laf atin d'aget tan ; karaa ini gale kara Garba Tullaa kan , ka Garbaa . They turned their faces to Waso , they fled [ along ] the road of Waso . They moved about [ freely ] , there were no people in the land ...
Page 264
... ( godaan ) . 159 A reciprocal address : ' father ' / ' son ' . 160 ' Arm ' and ' hand ' are the same word in Boran , hark . The hand ( in the narrow sense ) had come out , but the ' hand ' ( in the wider sense ) remained in the birth ...
... ( godaan ) . 159 A reciprocal address : ' father ' / ' son ' . 160 ' Arm ' and ' hand ' are the same word in Boran , hark . The hand ( in the narrow sense ) had come out , but the ' hand ' ( in the wider sense ) remained in the birth ...
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