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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... waakhor and then starts again with Gurjab . The details of these systems and
the somewhat irregular unrolling of them can best be seen from Table 9 which
shows all known years of initiation , the goges links between age sets and gives
the ...
... waakhor and then starts again with Gurjab . The details of these systems and
the somewhat irregular unrolling of them can best be seen from Table 9 which
shows all known years of initiation , the goges links between age sets and gives
the ...
Page 104
You have not seen the area , I have seen it , seen it , with my eye ( s ) . The river
is not small ( literally : ' has no smallness ' ) , its width is like from Korondille , from
where you have come walking this morning , to here ( approximately 15 km ) .
You have not seen the area , I have seen it , seen it , with my eye ( s ) . The river
is not small ( literally : ' has no smallness ' ) , its width is like from Korondille , from
where you have come walking this morning , to here ( approximately 15 km ) .
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There he found some animals of a species he had never seen before . In the
evening he drove the animals home along with the cattle herd . The elders said
that the animals in question were wild beasts ( bines ) and should be speared .
There he found some animals of a species he had never seen before . In the
evening he drove the animals home along with the cattle herd . The elders said
that the animals in question were wild beasts ( bines ) and should be speared .
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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 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
According age set age-set Ajuran Alganna almodo ancestors animals asked became become believed belong Boran British brothers called camels cattle ceremony chapter claim clan common course culture custom cycle described Diagram discussed duub east elders elements established ethnic fact father gaal Gaalorra Gabbra Galbo Garre girl give given groups hand herd identity important Islam joined Kenya killed language later lineage lived lost marked marriage married means migration Miigo milk moiety months moved Muslim northern Odoola origin Oromo phratry present qallu recent refer relationship Rendille ritual rules 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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