A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of AfricaAfricana Publishing Company for the International African Institute, 1982 - 320 pages |
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A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa I. M. Lewis. T I Introduction I HIS book is a study in the pastoral habits and political institutions of the northern Somali of the Horn of Africa . Like ...
A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa I. M. Lewis. T I Introduction I HIS book is a study in the pastoral habits and political institutions of the northern Somali of the Horn of Africa . Like ...
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A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa I. M. Lewis. It is of the first ... political groups . By reference to his ancestors , a man's relations with others are defined , and his position ...
A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa I. M. Lewis. It is of the first ... political groups . By reference to his ancestors , a man's relations with others are defined , and his position ...
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... political philosophy it is not surprising that fight- ing in northern Somaliland is a political institution of every - day life . I have said that in the first place the key to the understanding of the political constitution of Somali ...
... political philosophy it is not surprising that fight- ing in northern Somaliland is a political institution of every - day life . I have said that in the first place the key to the understanding of the political constitution of Somali ...
Contents
Ecology and Clan | 31 |
Pastoralism and the Structure of Grazing Encampments | 56 |
Settlement and Cultivation | 90 |
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Aadan Abokor Administration affinal Africa agnatic Aḥmad 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 Haud Hawiye heer herds Isaaq Islam Jaama Jibriil Abokor jiffo kinship kinsmen Kooshin Las Anod lineage system live livestock Maḥammad Maḥamuud Majeerteen marriage married ment Mogadishu movement Muslim nomadic hamlets northern Somali northern Somaliland 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 social solidarity Somali political Somali Youth League southern Somalia structure Sultan tariiqa tion towns traditional treaty Ugaas uterine wadaads Zeila