TY - JOUR AU - Hallpike, C. R. (Christopher Robert) PY - 1970 DA - 1970// TI - The principles of alliance formation between Konso towns JO - Man SP - 258 EP - 280 VL - Vol. 5 IS - no. 2 PB - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. CY - London KW - Konso (African people) KW - Konso KW - Community structure KW - Inter-community relations KW - Social relationships and groups KW - Friendships KW - Warfare KW - Aftermath of combat KW - Priesthood AB - This article examines the principles governing inter-community alliances. It shows that Konso towns are related to one another both structurally and historically. Junior towns are established by migrants from a senior town. Contrary to the conventional view of kinship as a basis of lasting inter-group solidarity, the most friction was observed among towns that held senior-junior relationships. Consequently, the degree of alliance among towns appears inversely related to both structural and spatial distance. Relations among the different Konso villages were dynamic, greatly influenced by each town's pragmatic calculations of the costs and benefits of political alliance with other towns. SN - 0025-1496 UR - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=mp17-002 LA - English N1 - C. R. Hallpike ID - mp17-002 Y1 - 2022-08-15 ER -