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 55
Neither Rendille nor Gabbra nor Sakuye may move their settlements on Sundays
or take camels on a journey which would oblige them to spend the Sunday night"
outside the settlement, except in an emergency and with special ritual ...
Neither Rendille nor Gabbra nor Sakuye may move their settlements on Sundays
or take camels on a journey which would oblige them to spend the Sunday night"
outside the settlement, except in an emergency and with special ritual ...
Page 108
The people who are said to “hate the settlement' are the “Rendille'. ... people
have rejected the settlement, leave them alone,' they said. ... That country where
the Samburu are now, at that time they were not there, they all settled at this river.
The people who are said to “hate the settlement' are the “Rendille'. ... people
have rejected the settlement, leave them alone,' they said. ... That country where
the Samburu are now, at that time they were not there, they all settled at this river.
Page 148
This lineage descends from a wife of a Nahagán man who remained childless
until she settled with Odoola. ... Apart from the obvious reason that Odoola cannot
claim a settlement position in the ring because it has no moiety affiliation and no
...
This lineage descends from a wife of a Nahagán man who remained childless
until she settled with Odoola. ... Apart from the obvious reason that Odoola cannot
claim a settlement position in the ring because it has no moiety affiliation and no
...
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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 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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