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Okeik resource tenure and territoriality as mechanisms for social control and allocation of resources

SUGIA, Sprache und geschichte in Afrika • 7 (1) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 61-82

By: Blackburn, Roderic H..

Abstract
This document presents an analysis of the resource tenure system which functions as a means for social control by limiting access to a very important forest resource–honey–as it relates to individual rights within a sub-territorial area. Each of the sub-territorial units is "owned" by individuals of the same lineage, involving not only ownership of the land itself but rights to certain resources on the land: specifically honey and trees in which beehives can be placed. How this tenure system operates in is described in detail.
Subjects
Collecting
Real property
Land use
Ingroup antagonisms
Lineages
Informal in-group justice
Domesticated animals
culture
Okiek
HRAF PubDate
2014
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2012
Field Date
1968-1970
Coverage Date
1968-1970
Coverage Place
Narok district, Rift Valley province, Kenya
Notes
by Roderic H. Blackburn
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-81)
LCCN
80642835
LCSH
Okiek (African people)
Dorobo (African people)