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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Page 177
... Ugaas are currently estimated to number about 1,500 men . They comprise four main segments ( jilibs ) which act as jiffo - paying groups . Hassan Ugaas Yuusuf Haaruun Jibriil Haaruun Si'iid Haaruun Aḥmad Haaruun A petition delivered to ...
... Ugaas are currently estimated to number about 1,500 men . They comprise four main segments ( jilibs ) which act as jiffo - paying groups . Hassan Ugaas Yuusuf Haaruun Jibriil Haaruun Si'iid Haaruun Aḥmad Haaruun A petition delivered to ...
Page 207
... Ugaas . The compensation rates for delicts committed within the clan were revised if necessary , and a corpus of Gadabuursi law , as it were , placed on the statutes for the duration of the new Ugaas's rule . This was called ' the law ...
... Ugaas . The compensation rates for delicts committed within the clan were revised if necessary , and a corpus of Gadabuursi law , as it were , placed on the statutes for the duration of the new Ugaas's rule . This was called ' the law ...
Page 212
... Ugaas . Everyone else then follows his example . The man who starts the ' aleemasaar acclamation must be a man rich in live- stock , with four wives , and many sons . Men of the Mahad Muuse lineage then bring four vessels of milk . One ...
... Ugaas . Everyone else then follows his example . The man who starts the ' aleemasaar acclamation must be a man rich in live- stock , with four wives , and many sons . Men of the Mahad Muuse lineage then bring four vessels of milk . One ...
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