Book
Cattle bring us to our enemies: Turkana ecology, politics, and raiding in a disequilibrium system
University of Michigan Press • Ann Arbor • Published In 2004 • Pages:
By: McCabe, J. Terrence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book examines how individual Turkana herd owners make decisions about mobility, livestock, and land use in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity, and ethnic violence. Based on detailed ethnographic data from a multi-year study undertaken in the South Turkana location of Ngisonyoka, the book discusses how and why nomadic herders move across different landscapes. The core of the book chronicles the changing fortunes of four Turkana herd owners and their families over sixteen years. By doing so, the book hopes to bring to the fore the importance of the complex interactions and relationships of social, political, and ecological factors affecting the daily lives and decisions made by a living pastoral community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Annual cycle
- Pastoral activities
- Domesticated animals
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Real property
- Community structure
- Topography and geology
- Flora
- Fauna
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Cultural identity and pride
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Disasters
- Instigation of war
- Aftermath of combat
- Property in movables
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1980-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1897-2004
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Terrence McCabe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290)and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004008130
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)--Domestic animals
- Turkana (African people)--Social conditions
- Turkana (African people)--Land tenure
- Cattle herding--Kenya--Turkana District
- Cattle stealing--Kenya--Turkana District
- Turkana District (Kenya)--Social life and customs
- Turkana District (Kenya)--Environmental conditions