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 100
The derivation of “Rendille' from “Rer Did' is known to the Rendille, but seems to
go back to the Somali, as does the story about the Rendille being camel herders
in a for ('satellite camp') who became separated from an ancestral Somali group ...
The derivation of “Rendille' from “Rer Did' is known to the Rendille, but seems to
go back to the Somali, as does the story about the Rendille being camel herders
in a for ('satellite camp') who became separated from an ancestral Somali group ...
Page 123
(Marsabit, April 1980, short reference: Boran)* THE SEPARATION OF GABBRA
MIIGO AND GABBRA MALBE Gaaf worri ... One Miigo elder said like this when
Malbe and Miigo separated, and now people sing it when they play the mbao (
Sw.) ...
(Marsabit, April 1980, short reference: Boran)* THE SEPARATION OF GABBRA
MIIGO AND GABBRA MALBE Gaaf worri ... One Miigo elder said like this when
Malbe and Miigo separated, and now people sing it when they play the mbao (
Sw.) ...
Page 158
The Rendille accounts about people who were separated by the lake only
involve two clans (Gaaldeilan and Rengumo) and parts of a third (Bolo in Tubcha
) and do not mention the Gabbra at all. These Rendille accounts only describe
this ...
The Rendille accounts about people who were separated by the lake only
involve two clans (Gaaldeilan and Rengumo) and parts of a third (Bolo in Tubcha
) and do not mention the Gabbra at all. These Rendille accounts only describe
this ...
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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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