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Title

A pastoral democracy : a study of pastoralism and politics among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa / I.M. Lewis ; new introduction by Said Samatar and new afterword by I.M. Lewis.

Author

Lewis, I. M.

Publication

Hamburg : LIT ; Oxford : James Currey with the IAI ; Piscataway, NJ : distributed by Transaction Publishers, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Samatar, Said S.

Description

xiv, xxi, 320, xxvi p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, geneal. tables,; 22 cm.

Summary

"This study by a social anthropologist describes the political system of the Northern Somali nomads in their arid ecological setting, where competition for access to water and pasture, especially in the dry season, is acute and leads to frequent and often long-drawn-out feuds." "This analysis has proved to be of interest not only to anthropologists and Africanists, but also to students of Islamic society and of comparative political institutions."--Jacket

Series Statement

Classics in African Anthropology

Uniform Title

Classics in African anthropology

Subjects

• Somalia > Politics and government
• Somalia > Social life and customs
• Ethnology > Somalia

Note

• Originally published: London ; New York : Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, 1961.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Ecology and Clan -- 3. Pastoralism and the Structure of Grazing Encampments -- 4. Settlement and Cultivation -- 5. Clanship and the Paradigm of the Lineage System -- 6. Clanship and Contract -- 7. Authority and Sanctions -- 8. Force and Feud -- 9. Nationalism and Party Politics -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix. Some Factors Connected with the Formation of the Somali Youth League.

ISBN

• 0852552858
• 3825830845 (Germany : pbk)
• 0852552807 (pbk.)
• 3825835669 (Germany : hbk)

OCLC

• 43260636
• SCSB-12115514

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library