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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1897-2004
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- J. Terrence McCabe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-290)and index
- LCCN
- 2004008130
- LCSH
- 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