A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of AfricaThis series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time. New edition of I.M. Lewis's classic 1961 study of pastoralism in Somalia, published in association with the International African Institute North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag |
Contents
Ecology and Clan | 31 |
Pastoralism and the Structure of Grazing Encampments | 56 |
Settlement and Cultivation 00 | 90 |
Clanship and the Paradigm of the Lineage System | 127 |
Clanship and Contract | 161 |
Authority and Sanctions | 196 |
Force and Feud | 242 |
Nationalism and Party Politics | 266 |
Conclusion | 296 |
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Aadan Abokor Administration affinal African agnatic Aḥmad Akisho amongst ancestor anthropology Arabic Barkad blood-wealth British Protectorate British Somaliland Burao camel-camps camels clan clan-family clanship common compensation contract cultivation Daarood descent dia-paying group Digil Digil and Rahanwiin disputes District dry seasons Dulbahante elders Erigavo Ethiopia Faaraḥ Gadabuursi Galla Garaad genealogy Geri Government grazing Habar Awal Habar Tol Ja'lo Habar Yuunis Hagar hamlets Hargeisa Hassan Haud Hawiye heer herds Isaaq Islam Jaama Jibriil Abokor jiffo kinship kinsmen Las Anod Lewis lineage system livestock living Lo'doon Maḥammad Maḥamuud Majeerteen marriage ment Mogadishu movement Muslim nationalist nomadic hamlets northern Somali northern Somaliland party pastoral pastoralists political units primary lineage-group Reer region relations religious Sa'ad Muuse Samatar segmentary segments settlement Shariah sheep and goats Sheikh social solidarity Somali political Somali Youth League Somalia League southern Somalia structure Sultan tariiqa tion towns traditional Ugaas uterine wadaads Zeila