1st Edition

Identities on the Move Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya

By Günther Schlee Copyright 1989
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in managing herds. Oral history is combined with cultural comparison and the analysis of social... Read more

 

Biography

Günther Schlee