book chapter
The Somali lineage system and the total genealogy: a general introduction to basic principles of Somali political institutions
[s.n.] • Hargeisa, British Somaliland • Published In 1957 • Pages:
By: Lewis, I. M..
Abstract
This is a report for administrative officials in the Somali country. It is concerned with the Somali political institutions which Lewis shows to be based on the lineage system. In the sections included here, Lewis discusses kinship, lineage alliances, adoption and genealogical fictions, the position of Asian immigrants, the separate status of Sab bondsmen, the construction of the total genealogy, descent from Arabia, deviant claims of Arabian descent, and independent Arabian clans of sheikhs and teachers. Lewis taught at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1959
- Field Date
- 1955-1957
- Coverage Date
- 1955-1957
- Coverage Place
- Somalia, Djibouti, and southeastern Ethiopia
- Notes
- I. M. Lewis
- Report on C.D. and W. [Colonial Development and Welfare] Scheme R. 632 Anthropological Research
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72)
- Only pp. 42-94, 137-139 are included
- LCSH
- Somalis