Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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... Borana Gutu , are an offshoot of the major Borana people in Ethiopia , and the second , the Sakuye , claim descent from Somalia but have for about 150 years been the allies of the Borana . The third is a hunting - gathering sub ...
... Borana Gutu , are an offshoot of the major Borana people in Ethiopia , and the second , the Sakuye , claim descent from Somalia but have for about 150 years been the allies of the Borana . The third is a hunting - gathering sub ...
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... Borana Gutu would be willing to extend ideological equality to those few Sakuye who are still having some stock , but less obviously to the Wata except in tactical rhetoric or for politeness . However , within the Borana Gutu , all abba ...
... Borana Gutu would be willing to extend ideological equality to those few Sakuye who are still having some stock , but less obviously to the Wata except in tactical rhetoric or for politeness . However , within the Borana Gutu , all abba ...
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... Borana Gutu and the Sakuye . Borana Gutu jallaba are still influential today ( 1978 ) , while among the Sakuye the whole system of clan solidarity and cooperation seems to be lapsing due to the lack of livestock property which was ...
... Borana Gutu and the Sakuye . Borana Gutu jallaba are still influential today ( 1978 ) , while among the Sakuye the whole system of clan solidarity and cooperation seems to be lapsing due to the lack of livestock property which was ...
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