Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya

by Günther Schlee

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 structure. Blending synchronic and diachronic perspectives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367001403
• ISBN13: 9780367001407
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"