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Daughters of the lakes and rivers: colonization and the land rights of Luo women
Women and colonization : anthropological perspectives • New York • Published In 1980 • Pages: 186-213
By: Pala, Achola O..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, which was originally published as a chapter in an edited volume, discusses the effects of land tenure change on Luo social organization. The focus is on historical factors that have contributed to the change of Luoland holding system from a corporate, lineage-based system to an individualized one certified by government issued land registers. The paper argues that among the most important consequences of this shift include heightened competition and conflicts among descent groups and further marginalization of women's land rights.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- Household
- Family relationships
- Lineages
- Rule of descent
- Research and development
- External relations
- Labor supply and employment
- Tillage
- Termination of marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Luoland, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Achola Pala Okeyo
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-213)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79015318
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)