A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa

Aadan Abokor Administration affinal agnatic Aḥmad Akils Akisho amongst ancestor Arabic Barkad blood-wealth British Protectorate British Somaliland Burao camel-camps camels clan clan-family clanship common compensation contract cultivation Daarood descent dia-paying group Digil Digil and Rahanwiin disputes District dry seasons Dulbahante elders Erigavo Ethiopia Faaraḥ fighting Gadabuursi Galla Garaad genealogy Geri Government grazing Habar Awal Habar Tol Ja'lo Habar Yuunis Hagar hamlets Hargeisa Hassan Haud Hawiye heer herds Isaaq Islam Jaama Jibriil Abokor jiffo kinship kinsmen Kooshin Las Anod lineage system livestock Maḥammad Maḥamuud Majeerteen marriage married ment Mogadishu movement Muslim nomadic hamlets northern Somali northern Somaliland Odejiid party pastoral pastoralists paying group political units primary lineage primary lineage-group Reer region relations religious Sa'ad Muuse segments settlement Shariah sheep and goats Sheikh solidarity Somali political Somali Youth League southern Somalia structure Sultan tariiqa territorial tion towns traditional treaty Ugaas uterine wadaads Zeila