Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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... married to a County Council employee and lived with her husband elsewhere . Two sons were in a primary boarding school , but used to come home during holidays , when they only very reluctantly agreed to take part in herding . The rest ...
... married to a County Council employee and lived with her husband elsewhere . Two sons were in a primary boarding school , but used to come home during holidays , when they only very reluctantly agreed to take part in herding . The rest ...
Page 80
... married daughters living elsewhere , and one , his favourite daughter , who was very good at calf - care who remained in his homestead with her husband . The son - in - law had even fewer cattle than his father - in - law , only six or ...
... married daughters living elsewhere , and one , his favourite daughter , who was very good at calf - care who remained in his homestead with her husband . The son - in - law had even fewer cattle than his father - in - law , only six or ...
Page 123
... married to men who are old enough to be their fathers ' s10 ) . When a young girl is married to an elderly man , she is often subject to authoritarian discipline , and she may rank as his second , third or fourth wife only , enjoying ...
... married to men who are old enough to be their fathers ' s10 ) . When a young girl is married to an elderly man , she is often subject to authoritarian discipline , and she may rank as his second , third or fourth wife only , enjoying ...
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