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 15
... phratries has holy sites where age - set rituals take place . The rituals are very similar to one another , and each phratry performs its own rituals for itself without the participation of members of other phratries . This is in vivid ...
... phratries has holy sites where age - set rituals take place . The rituals are very similar to one another , and each phratry performs its own rituals for itself without the participation of members of other phratries . This is in vivid ...
Page 123
... phratry . The second full account ( Odoola ) of the migration stems from Boru Galgallo , the ritual , juridical and historical specialist of the Odoola phra- try of Gabbra , an old man himself and the son of the late Galgallo Gur- racca ...
... phratry . The second full account ( Odoola ) of the migration stems from Boru Galgallo , the ritual , juridical and historical specialist of the Odoola phra- try of Gabbra , an old man himself and the son of the late Galgallo Gur- racca ...
Page 167
... phratry of the Gabbra , and it is from the perspective of this phratry that I now want to resume my account . I start with the older and ritually senior parts of this phratry and then describe how Cushites from many sides gathered ...
... phratry of the Gabbra , and it is from the perspective of this phratry that I now want to resume my account . I start with the older and ritually senior parts of this phratry and then describe how Cushites from many sides gathered ...
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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Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |
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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