Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
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Page 182
... wealthy Borana . Other less conspicuous and institutionalized forms of redistribution of food and clothes take place all the time . It is safe to say that access to food is considerably more evenly spread in Boran society than is ...
... wealthy Borana . Other less conspicuous and institutionalized forms of redistribution of food and clothes take place all the time . It is safe to say that access to food is considerably more evenly spread in Boran society than is ...
Page 248
... wealthy townsmen two separate patterns can be discerned . On the one hand , there are a few Boran girls who have been educated , and it appears that the upbringing and educa- tion of daughters is increasingly an important part of elite ...
... wealthy townsmen two separate patterns can be discerned . On the one hand , there are a few Boran girls who have been educated , and it appears that the upbringing and educa- tion of daughters is increasingly an important part of elite ...
Page 249
... wealthy families without exception marry other members of the incipient elite . In contrast to the few educated women , the uneducated town wives of Boran merchants , civil servants and wealthy herdowners lead lives which are in many ...
... wealthy families without exception marry other members of the incipient elite . In contrast to the few educated women , the uneducated town wives of Boran merchants , civil servants and wealthy herdowners lead lives which are in many ...
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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