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 30
I present part of my conclusions first, with little reference to their empirical base (
apart from the few written sources), because the multiplicity of facts demands that
the reader be given some orientation in the form of an overview of the main ...
I present part of my conclusions first, with little reference to their empirical base (
apart from the few written sources), because the multiplicity of facts demands that
the reader be given some orientation in the form of an overview of the main ...
Page 38
The gada- or generation-set system of the Boran, which may have been
established in its present form in the sixteenth century (i.e. at the same time as
the dramatic Oromo expansion), and which in the first decades of its existence
was an ...
The gada- or generation-set system of the Boran, which may have been
established in its present form in the sixteenth century (i.e. at the same time as
the dramatic Oromo expansion), and which in the first decades of its existence
was an ...
Page 41
Even if it is wrong to believe that the present area of Rendille is the same as their
area at that time, we can nevertheless assume that their former area included
their present one. There are a number of indicators that the Rendille have lived in
...
Even if it is wrong to believe that the present area of Rendille is the same as their
area at that time, we can nevertheless assume that their former area included
their present one. There are a number of indicators that the Rendille have lived in
...
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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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