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 22
... split of the Sakuye in two regional clusters , one in the northern part of Marsabit District and one in Isiolo District on the Ewaso Ngiro ( Waso River ) does not date from the emergency of the sixties but started much earlier . About ...
... split of the Sakuye in two regional clusters , one in the northern part of Marsabit District and one in Isiolo District on the Ewaso Ngiro ( Waso River ) does not date from the emergency of the sixties but started much earlier . About ...
Page 157
... split from the other PRS , this split must have divided each of these four lineages . We have no evidence against this view . On the con- trary , this view is indirectly confirmed by the explicit statement that other lineages came later ...
... split from the other PRS , this split must have divided each of these four lineages . We have no evidence against this view . On the con- trary , this view is indirectly confirmed by the explicit statement that other lineages came later ...
Page 158
... split from those Odoola who , at the same time , remained in the east among ( today's ) Garre . If we accept this assertion and combine it with the appar- ent newcomer status which the Odoola have among the Rendille , we can only ...
... split from those Odoola who , at the same time , remained in the east among ( today's ) Garre . If we accept this assertion and combine it with the appar- ent newcomer status which the Odoola have among the Rendille , we can only ...
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
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