Ariaal Pastoralists Of Kenya

Author : Elliot M. Fratkin
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya written by Elliot M. Fratkin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on over twenty-five years of research and fieldwork, the Second Edition of Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Studying Pastoralism, Drought, and Development in Africa's Arid Lands, offers a highly readable and often humorous ethnographic description of the Maasai-speaking society of East Africa. This unique text details the story of how one society of livestock herders in northern Kenya has adapted to and survived both natural and human-induced disasters of recent times, including drought and famine, inter-pastoralist warfare, and the wide-scale intervention of international development and relief organizations. The Ariaal's determination to maintain their pastoral lifestyle while taking advantage of new health, employment, marketing, and education opportunities offered in the growing Kenyan towns provides a fascinating study of the dynamics of cultural change and the threat to cultural survival among East African pastoralists. This small, accessible ethnography offers a detailed look at pastoral ecology, life in an Ariaal community, the trials and tribulations of anthropological fieldwork, and problems of development and social change for Ariaal people.

Author : Elliot Fratkin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000313689
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surviving Drought And Development written by Elliot Fratkin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on one society's responses to famine relief and development efforts, this book is the story of how a people have adapted to, and survived, both natural and human-induced disasters. The Ariaal's determination to maintain their tradional lifestyles while taking advantage of the health and educational benefits offered to Kenyan society at lar

Author : Elliot M. Fratkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drought and Economic Differentiation Among Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya written by Elliot M. Fratkin and published by . This book was released on 1989* with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elliot Fratkin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306485958
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As Pastoralists Settle written by Elliot Fratkin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world's arid regions, and particularly in northern and eastern Africa, formerly nomadic pastoralists are undergoing a transition to settled life. This reference shows that although pastoral settlement is often encouraged by international development agencies and national governments, the social, economic and health consequences of sedentism are not inevitably beneficial.

Author : Elliot M. Fratkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Organization of Labor and Production Among the Ariaal Rendille, Nomadic Pastoralists of Northern Kenya written by Elliot M. Fratkin and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kevin Christopher Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Livestock to Land written by Kevin Christopher Smith and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elliot M. Fratkin
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759120676
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laibon written by Elliot M. Fratkin and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of the Samburu and Maasai peoples) Lonyoki, his family, and the people of the nomadic community of Lukumai. Fratkin participated in the daily lives of the Ariaal livestock herders and accompanied the laibon as he performed divination and healing rituals throughout Marsabit and Samburu Districts. After Fratkin reunited Lonyoki with his son and wife, Lonyoki adopted Fratkin into his family, and Fratkin continues his close friendship with Lonyoki's son Lembalen today. Black-and-white photographs, a guide to the characters, words, and places, and a list of suggested readings supplement the engaging narrative. Laibon is more than a memoir; it delves into nitty-gritty details of fieldwork, speaks to larger questions about ethnographic research, and provides unparalleled insight into the world of the laibon.

Author : Günther Schlee
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719030109
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identities on the Move written by Günther Schlee and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clan relationships exceed the bounds of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuya, & Somali ethnic groups These affiliations are useful for political & herding needs. This book gives cultural & linguistic information on each of the above tribal groups.

Author : Andy Catley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415540712
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pastoralism and Development in Africa written by Andy Catley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A view of 'development at the margins' in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa highlights innovation and entrepreneurialism, cooperation and networking and diverse approaches rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters, the book highlights diverse pathways of development, going beyond the standard 'aid' and 'disaster' narratives.

Author : Thomas Spear
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821445685
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being Maasai written by Thomas Spear and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone “knows” the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have “become” something else. And what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested, and transformed from the time of their earliest settlement in Kenya to the present, as well as raising questions about the nature of ethnicity generally.