Book
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.
Abstract
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
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1989
- Field Date
- 1979-1983
- Coverage Place
- Katilu in Turkana District, Kenya
- Notes
- Enos Hudson Nthia Njeru
- UM 8500014
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173)
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)