essay
The failure to encapsulate: resistance to the penetration of capitalism by the Turkana of Kenya
pastoralists at the periphery : herders in a capitalist world • Tucson • Published In 1994 • Pages: 197-211, 229-251
By: McCabe, J. Terrence.
Abstract
This document focuses on aspects of Turkana resistance to the penetration of capitalism. It shows that as the Turkana are drawn into larger political and economic systems their viability as subsistence livestock herders is threatened. In order to survive, some herders are forced to abandon their nomadic life altogether, while others adapt their herding strategies to the new requirements of the marketplace. Most Turkana have continued to be nomadic herders by resisting encapsulation by the combined forces of expanding world economic system and interventionist nation state.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1994
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- J. Terrence McCabe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-251)
- LCCN
- 93043080
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)