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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... lineage . The lineage is similar in many aspects to the Rendille subclan . It would sound odd , however , to call it a subclan because of its small scale and because I have not yet found a clan of which it could be a subunit . Analogous ...
... lineage . The lineage is similar in many aspects to the Rendille subclan . It would sound odd , however , to call it a subclan because of its small scale and because I have not yet found a clan of which it could be a subunit . Analogous ...
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... lineage ancestor . Not all lineages , however , derive their names from such ancestors , and models such as the segmen- tary lineage system derived from the Nuer ( Evans - Pritchard 1940 ) , the Tiv ( Bohannan 1953 ) , etc. , do not ...
... lineage ancestor . Not all lineages , however , derive their names from such ancestors , and models such as the segmen- tary lineage system derived from the Nuer ( Evans - Pritchard 1940 ) , the Tiv ( Bohannan 1953 ) , etc. , do not ...
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... lineage will normally take the name of that lineage , accept gifts or inherit property from the lineage and behave in all respects , including exogamy , as members of the lineage . The vast majority of trans- ethnic life histories , be ...
... lineage will normally take the name of that lineage , accept gifts or inherit property from the lineage and behave in all respects , including exogamy , as members of the lineage . The vast majority of trans- ethnic life histories , be ...
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