Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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Page 38
... irrigation schemes , exchanging milk pro- ducts for maize as well as shuffling family members between the cattle camps and the shambas . In the irrigation schemes that have been organized by agencies external to the Borana , such as aid ...
... irrigation schemes , exchanging milk pro- ducts for maize as well as shuffling family members between the cattle camps and the shambas . In the irrigation schemes that have been organized by agencies external to the Borana , such as aid ...
Page 66
... irrigation schemes provide other such centres of attraction that in the long run will change the pattern of mobility , although no clear system of agropastoral trans- humance can yet be identified . When the prospects of getting a good ...
... irrigation schemes provide other such centres of attraction that in the long run will change the pattern of mobility , although no clear system of agropastoral trans- humance can yet be identified . When the prospects of getting a good ...
Page 218
... irrigation farming in the area , and the absence both of a female tradition in farming and of a general recognition that land for irri- gation is scarce . There is no general feeling that a migrant must continuous- ly assert his rights ...
... irrigation farming in the area , and the absence both of a female tradition in farming and of a general recognition that land for irri- gation is scarce . There is no general feeling that a migrant must continuous- ly assert his rights ...
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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