Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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... economy is no longer a self - con- tained unit but is increasingly integrated in the politico - administrative framework of a modern state and in a worldwide capitalist economic system , there are risks involved in giving to much weight ...
... economy is no longer a self - con- tained unit but is increasingly integrated in the politico - administrative framework of a modern state and in a worldwide capitalist economic system , there are risks involved in giving to much weight ...
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... economic structure , especially through the growth of the colonial and then the independent Kenyan administration and through the expansion of the capitalist economy , have created a situation where there is an increased inequality even ...
... economic structure , especially through the growth of the colonial and then the independent Kenyan administration and through the expansion of the capitalist economy , have created a situation where there is an increased inequality even ...
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... economy from outside , such as central government subsidies , tourist revenues and aid and famine relief funds . It is important to remember that the economic and political system does not end at the district or tribal boundary . What ...
... economy from outside , such as central government subsidies , tourist revenues and aid and famine relief funds . It is important to remember that the economic and political system does not end at the district or tribal boundary . What ...
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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