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 32
... recently by the Sakuye , who are Boran - speaking Muslims . In recent centuries pagan groups have often copied elements of Islamic culture but rarely have Muslims borrowed pagan rituals - their self - awareness is too strong for this ...
... recently by the Sakuye , who are Boran - speaking Muslims . In recent centuries pagan groups have often copied elements of Islamic culture but rarely have Muslims borrowed pagan rituals - their self - awareness is too strong for this ...
Page 43
... recent addition to the Degodia and that their ultimate affiliation to one of the major tribes at that time was still open . Also the other Degodia did not come from a different world , however , but from the region around the rivers ...
... recent addition to the Degodia and that their ultimate affiliation to one of the major tribes at that time was still open . Also the other Degodia did not come from a different world , however , but from the region around the rivers ...
Page 190
... recent emigrations from the Rendille . Among the Gabbra , Gaalorra is represented by only seven elders and their dependants . Of these seven , five descend from a man called Diido , two in the first , two in the second and one in the ...
... recent emigrations from the Rendille . Among the Gabbra , Gaalorra is represented by only seven elders and their dependants . Of these seven , five descend from a man called Diido , two in the first , two in the second and one in the ...
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 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