Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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Page 51
... camels . This is stressed for example in such a saying as " The one who has a camel heifer will never become poor " . Much as they would like to have independent herding units of " all three with sweet milk " , there are very few Borana ...
... camels . This is stressed for example in such a saying as " The one who has a camel heifer will never become poor " . Much as they would like to have independent herding units of " all three with sweet milk " , there are very few Borana ...
Page 52
... camel pastoralism when they recognize the relative ad- vantages of camels in some of their areas . One set of factors has to to with the allocation of labour . Even if the two types of livestock are to be combined within the property of ...
... camel pastoralism when they recognize the relative ad- vantages of camels in some of their areas . One set of factors has to to with the allocation of labour . Even if the two types of livestock are to be combined within the property of ...
Page 53
... camels . Those who have breeding she - camels tend to hold on to them . Male loaders , on the other hand , are put on the market , although Borana find it more difficult to obtain them now than before the crisis . During the latter half ...
... camels . Those who have breeding she - camels tend to hold on to them . Male loaders , on the other hand , are put on the market , although Borana find it more difficult to obtain them now than before the crisis . During the latter half ...
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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