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Age Set System
Author_Paul Spencer
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Bond Brothers
Bull Ceremony
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clan
Close Kinsmen
East African ethnography
elders
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firestick
Firestick Elders
gerontocratic power dynamics
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ilmugit
Ilmugit Ceremonies
Junior Age Set
Junior Elders
Kimaniki Age Set
lineage systems
local
Local Clan Elders
Local Clan Groups
nomadic pastoralism
pardopa
Pardopa Clan
pastoralist anthropology
Potent Curse
Residual Herd
Ritual Leader
Samburu Moran
Samburu Society
Senior Age Set
Senior Elders
Senior Moran
set
social stratification Africa
Stock Friends
Stock Theft
Young Men
Younger Moran
Product details
- ISBN 9780415317252
- Weight: 589g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Nov 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years during the 1960's amongst the Samburu, and as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
