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 101
... married Boran girls was that day . Even now they refused to marry them the Boran way and married them in the Muslim way . Dubbr Gabbri fuut ammá - lle aki haad hiďan , hiď'aa - lle . Ammá - lle mata hag isiin orosá in - cíbran . The ...
... married Boran girls was that day . Even now they refused to marry them the Boran way and married them in the Muslim way . Dubbr Gabbri fuut ammá - lle aki haad hiďan , hiď'aa - lle . Ammá - lle mata hag isiin orosá in - cíbran . The ...
Page 160
... marry who did not directly follow each other in the sequence of births . From other accounts it appears that Tulo , the son of his wife , married a daughter of Hassan Buro , i.e. his half - sister , and that a son of Hassan Buro married ...
... marry who did not directly follow each other in the sequence of births . From other accounts it appears that Tulo , the son of his wife , married a daughter of Hassan Buro , i.e. his half - sister , and that a son of Hassan Buro married ...
Page 206
... marry her and as her father insisted that her younger sisters could not be married before , none of the girls was married . When the young boy grew up he insisted on branding his camels , the progeny of his mother's beast of burden ...
... marry her and as her father insisted that her younger sisters could not be married before , none of the girls was married . When the young boy grew up he insisted on branding his camels , the progeny of his mother's beast of burden ...
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