Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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Page 99
... marriage . An important symbolic and practical aspect of this is the fact that he is no longer required to live in somebody else's hut11 ) , which implies an inferior status , but has a house - building wife of his own . Marriage also ...
... marriage . An important symbolic and practical aspect of this is the fact that he is no longer required to live in somebody else's hut11 ) , which implies an inferior status , but has a house - building wife of his own . Marriage also ...
Page 106
... marriage . If a young man has a capable mother , and one who is not formally tied to his guardian , the break with the guardian may come earlier . Generally , however , marriage marks the time when a ward has the formal right to take ...
... marriage . If a young man has a capable mother , and one who is not formally tied to his guardian , the break with the guardian may come earlier . Generally , however , marriage marks the time when a ward has the formal right to take ...
Page 127
... marriage contract , particularly in relation to the children's status , if we are to understand the opportunity situation of women after their first marriage has ended . The bridewealth given by non - Muslim Borana comprises two parts ...
... marriage contract , particularly in relation to the children's status , if we are to understand the opportunity situation of women after their first marriage has ended . The bridewealth given by non - Muslim Borana comprises two parts ...
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 433 54 | 11 |
Three with sweet milk | 28 |
The rhythm of pastoral life | 56 |
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abba administration adult affinal African agnates allocation animals anuna Asmarom Baxter Boran area Boran society Borana Gutu bridewealth brother calves camels camp capital cattle chapter clan clansmen colonial context corral Council cows Dalleo daughters drought dry season economic elders Ethiopia father female formal Gabbra gada system Garba Tula gifts girl grazing Haberland halaal handura herd herdowners Hjort homestead household husband IDAR important Isiolo District Isiolo Town jallaba Karayu Kinna Kotele labour less lineage livestock living loans mainly maize manyattas marriage married milking rights miraa moiety mother Muslim northern Kenya Ola Ilman Kotele Oromo particular pastoral pastoral society pastoralists PC NFD political production redistribution relation Rendille Sabbu Sakuye Samburu senior shamba shifta shifta war situation small stock social sodda Somali structure Swahili tion trade traditional unit Waso Borana Wata wealth wife wives woman women young