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Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya Elliot M. Fratkin

Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya By Elliot M. Fratkin

Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya by Elliot M. Fratkin


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Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Studying Pastoralism, Drought, and Development in Africa's Arid Lands (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies i by Elliot M. Fratkin

Based on over twenty-five years of research and fieldwork, the Second Edition of Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Studying Pastoralism, Drought, and Development in Africa's Arid Lands, offers a highly readable and often humorous ethnographic description of the Maasai-speaking society of East Africa. This unique text details the story of how one society of livestock herders in northern Kenya has adapted to and survived both natural and human-induced disasters of recent times, including drought and famine, inter-pastoralist warfare, and the wide-scale intervention of international development and relief organizations. The Ariaal's determination to maintain their pastoral lifestyle while taking advantage of new health, employment, marketing, and education opportunities offered in the growing Kenyan towns provides a fascinating study of the dynamics of cultural change and the threat to cultural survival among East African pastoralists. This small, accessible ethnography offers a detailed look at pastoral ecology, life in an Ariaal community, the trials and tribulations of anthropological fieldwork, and problems of development and social change for Ariaal people.

Table of Contents



Foreword.


Preface.


1. Ariaal-Studying an East African Pastoralist Society.


2. Drought, Development, and Kenya's Pastoralists.


3. Ariaal Identity and Culture.


4. A Pastoral Life: Livestock Production and Human Nutrition.


5. The Clan Settlement Basis of Ariaal Social Organization.


6. Farms, Towns and the Future of the Ariaal.


Recommended Reading.

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CIN0205391427G
9780205391424
0205391427
Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: Studying Pastoralism, Drought, and Development in Africa's Arid Lands (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies i by Elliot M. Fratkin
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
2003-08-13
160
N/A
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