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Turkana in time perspective
turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 24-40
By: Dyson-Hudson, Rada.
Abstract
This document outlines the history of Turkana since their emergence as a distinct ethnic group some time around 1700. Unlike previous anthropological works which tended to portray them as static and part of a self-regulating ecosystem who lived in equilibrium with their environment, this work argues that the Turkana as a group have experienced change and coped with change. The document also shows the Turkana's main system of food production (i.e., nomadic pastoralism) has been a very resilient and adaptive system for the most part of their recorded history. Since the 1950s, however, both nomadic herding and the Turkana environment have been assaulted by the combined forces of increasing state intervention and the commoditization of rural land.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1700-1999
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- Rada Dyson-Hudson
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCN
- 99219983
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)