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The farming herders: irrigation, reciprocity and marriage among the Turkana pastoralists of north-western Kenya
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Njeru, Enos Hudson Nthia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of value and social adjustments related to marriage and reciprocity among Turkana pastoralists who have recently adopted irrigation agriculture and a settled way of life. The Turkana who are the subjects of this study were forced out of the pastoral economy by the loss of their herds as a result of drought, livestock diseases, and livestock theft and subsequently became participants in the Katilu Irrigation Project established by the government of Kenya. Among other developments, the author finds that devaluation of women, increased polygyny, family instability, and concubinage have resulted from the shift to the settled farming way of life
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Public welfare
- Basis of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Sex and marital offenses
- Kin relationships
- Sociocultural trends
- Social relationships and groups
- Pastoral activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Katilu in Turkana District, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Enos Hudson Nthia Njeru
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984
- UM 8500014
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)