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 14
Bátarr, like the DaChi of an exogamous clan, do not marry each other but “
respect' each other as MoSiSo and MoSiDa. ... Saale is such a large clan that
marriage partners would become scarce if rules valid for the typical clan were
applied.
Bátarr, like the DaChi of an exogamous clan, do not marry each other but “
respect' each other as MoSiSo and MoSiDa. ... Saale is such a large clan that
marriage partners would become scarce if rules valid for the typical clan were
applied.
Page 78
Thus a given combination of marriage options, sexual rights, potential conflicts,
etc., recurs after a double generation, just like the prognostic calendar predicts.
This part of the prophecy thus is self-fulfilling. The equation between someone
and ...
Thus a given combination of marriage options, sexual rights, potential conflicts,
etc., recurs after a double generation, just like the prognostic calendar predicts.
This part of the prophecy thus is self-fulfilling. The equation between someone
and ...
Page 186
The young man of Rengumo stayed in the area of North Horr and there,
apparently, asked the lineage Gaalhaile of Uyām for a mad girl to marry as he
had only smallstock and no camels, which he would have needed to marry a
healthy girl.
The young man of Rengumo stayed in the area of North Horr and there,
apparently, asked the lineage Gaalhaile of Uyām for a mad girl to marry as he
had only smallstock and no camels, which he would have needed to marry a
healthy girl.
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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 adopted age set age-set Ajuran Alganna ancestors animals asked became become believed belong birth Boran brand British brothers called camels cattle century ceremony chapter claim clan common course culture custom cycle described Diagram discussed duub east elders elements ethnic fact father gaal Gaaldeilan Gaalorra Gabbra Galbo Garre girl give given groups hand herd historical identity important Islam joined Kenya killed language later lineage lived lost marked marriage married means migration Miigo milk moiety moved Muslim northern Odoola origin Oromo phratry present qallu recent refer relationship Rendille ritual 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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