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Culture summaryessay 2006 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is a culture summary of the Gusii. Information is presented on major aspects of Gusii culture....The appropriation of fertilityarticle 1990 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
Quoting from Karp (1978), the author states that 'a descent ideology must transform the facts of biological relatedness through both maternal and paternal ancestors into a symbolic model which emphasizes the identity of people transmitted through a p...Bridewealth, women, and landBook 1988 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document examines the persistence of bridewealth among the Gusii people of southwestern Kenya. The focus of the work is on the various factors which have affected the norms and actions connected with bridewealth transactions. This entails a stud...Grain, cattle, and powerarticle 1994 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
The relationship between agricultural production and grain and cattle exchange is examined here in the context of the Lake Victoria basin and the highlands of western Kenya. The societies in this region were patrilineal and acephalous, with polygynou...Detachability of womenarticle 1994 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
This article examines the role of gender and kinship identities in shaping women's access to social and economic resources among the Gusii and Luyia in Kenya. High population densities, cash crop production, market dependency, and wage labor are ubiq...Socioeconmic stratification and marriage paymentsessay 1990 • Håkansson, Thomas
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
This paper is based on the author's 12 months of fieldwork among the Gusii people of Kisi District in western Kenya. It presents a brief outline of how the Gusii elite manage marriages with the intent of establishing favorable social connections in t...Gender and life-course strategies among the Gusiiessay 1997 • Håkansson, Thomas & LeVine, Robert Alan
Gusii • Africa > Eastern Africa
In Gusii society not only is the road toward an ideal old age different for men and women, but the ways in which each gender achieves the ideal are mutually contradictory. As in many other African societies, the family provides security and comfort i...