Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso BoranaDepartment of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, 1979 - 287 pages |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Introduction 9 033 | 11 |
The rhythm of pastoral life | 56 |
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abba administration adult affinal African agnates animals anuna Asmarom Baxter Boran area Boran society Borana Gutu bridewealth brother calves camels camp capital cattle clan clansmen colonial context corral Council cows Dalleo daughters drought dry season East Africa ecological economic elders Ethiopia father female formal Gabbra gada system Garba Tula gifts girl grazing Haberland halaal handura herd herdowners Hjort homestead household husband important Isiolo District Isiolo Town jallaba Karayu Kinna Kotele labour less lineage livestock living loans mainly maize manyattas marriage married migration milking rights miraa moiety mother Muslim Nairobi northern Kenya op.cit Oromo particular pastoral pastoral society pastoralists PC NFD political production redistribution relation Sabbu Sakuye Samburu senior shamba shifta shifta war situation small stock social sodda Somali structure Swahili tion trade traditional unit Waso Waso Borana Wata wealth wife wives woman women young