The Samburu : A Study in Geocentracy

Name: The Samburu
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415317252
Price: 9800 KES
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ISBN: 9780415317252

by Paul Spencer

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Routledge Classic Ethnographies

ISBN-10 0415317258

ISBN-13 9780415317252

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 13th, 2003

Print length 384 Pages

Weight 589 grams

Dimensions 23.30 x 15.60 x 2.80 cms

Product Classification: Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Indigenous peoples Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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The Samburu society of northern Kenya is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men. The tribe cling to their traditional way of life despite rapid changes throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years amongst the Samburu: he shows how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.

Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years during the 1960''s amongst the Samburu, and as an adopted member of one of their clans, he perceived how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.

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