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 73
... herds contain at least one stallion ( barqab ) whose behaviour , especially in the mating season , is a constant source of amusement to Somali.1 The milch camels - adult beasts in milk - are known collectively as geel irmaan and ...
... herds contain at least one stallion ( barqab ) whose behaviour , especially in the mating season , is a constant source of amusement to Somali.1 The milch camels - adult beasts in milk - are known collectively as geel irmaan and ...
Page 76
... herds . Even when I was with close friends , near kinsmen to the camel - herds , our questions were only answered after many assurances of good intentions had been given and after much cajolery . All this training fits them for the ...
... herds . Even when I was with close friends , near kinsmen to the camel - herds , our questions were only answered after many assurances of good intentions had been given and after much cajolery . All this training fits them for the ...
Page 85
... herds over the generations as paralleling the extension of their lineages . The herds of a clan are viewed as the inherited patrimony of its founder . Thus Sheikhs Daarood and Isaaq are regarded by their respective descendants as the ...
... herds over the generations as paralleling the extension of their lineages . The herds of a clan are viewed as the inherited patrimony of its founder . Thus Sheikhs Daarood and Isaaq are regarded by their respective descendants as the ...
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