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The Samburu
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Author : Paul Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06-01
The Samburu written by Paul Spencer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-01 with Social Science categories.
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.
The Samburu
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Author : Paul Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
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The Samburu
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Author : Paul Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-05-28
The Samburu written by Paul Spencer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with Social Science categories.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1965.
Samburu
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Author : Nigel Pavitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Samburu written by Nigel Pavitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Ethnology categories.
East Africa affects the imagination like few other places on earth. Just north of the Equator, where the Great Rift Valley provides some of the most spectacular scenery in Kenya, lies Samburuland. Isolated and inhospitable, subject to a fierce climate, it is home to a race of proud, tough, semi-nomadic pastoralists. The Samburu, akin to the more visible and better-known Maasai to the south, are traditionalists in a world of change. The rule of the elders, the guidance of an astrologer/sage, the force of custom and--as a last resort--the power of a curse maintain law and order within the tribe. As the legendary explorer (and long-time Samburuland resident) Wilfred Thesiger puts it in the Introduction: "Even today Samburuland is a remote area, as yet spared the impact of mass tourism, such as occurs on the coast and in the Masai Mara. Conservative by nature, the Samburu still cherish and retain the customs and ceremonies of their ancestors, unlike most tribes in Kenya who today have largely abandoned theirs." Mr. Thesiger continues: "Much has been written about the Maasai, but almost nothing about the Samburu. Now fortunately we have Nigel Pavitt's book, which deals with their environment and every aspect of their lives. No other book about them has previously been published which combines meticulous and hitherto unrecorded accounts of fascinating customs and ceremonies, with such exceptional illustrations. "I was present when new age-sets [initiation rites that separate boys from warriors, warriors from elders] were introduced in 1960, in 1976 and in 1990 ... As a result I began to understand the importance to them of these rituals and ceremonies ... Until I read Nigel Pavitt's book, I had assumed that I was familiar, from personal observation, with the details of these initiation ceremonies; only then did I realize how much I had overlooked, and these are only some of the ceremonies with which he deals." On his final visit to Lesepen, the tribe's sage and astrologer, the author is told that if the customs are not rigorously preserved, in a few years "a child will have a gun instead of a spear." Then traditional Samburu life will disappear as utterly as the Bedu vanished from Arabia or the Plains Indians from North America.
Talk To The Stars
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Author : Rhodia Mann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Talk To The Stars written by Rhodia Mann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Samburu (African people) categories.
African Warriors
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Author : Thomasin Magor
language : en
Publisher: Harvill Press
Release Date : 1994
African Warriors written by Thomasin Magor and has been published by Harvill Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Kenya categories.
In the rugged terrain of Northern Kenya, virtually isolated from civilization, lives one of the last surviving warrior peoples of Africa. Renowned for their extraordinary physical beauty and grace as much as for their independence and pride, the Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose lives and intricate social system, with its age-sets, cattle-wealth, circumcision and marriage rituals, have been shaped over time by the fierce climate, by inter-tribal rivalry and by the never-ending search for grazing and water.
Driving The Samburu Bride
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Author : Diane C. Perlov
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2020-11-11
Driving The Samburu Bride written by Diane C. Perlov and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-11 with Social Science categories.
Driving the Samburu Bride is a vivid account of a young anthropologist working in northern Kenya, revealing insights into the Samburu culture and the culture of doing anthropology. With engaging irony and a storyteller’s gift, the author takes the reader through the frustrating, productive, and occasionally euphoric stages of fieldwork. Along the way, Perlov connects theory and practice, and recounts the evolution of her Samburu friendships, forged over decades, including the discovery of her unwitting impact on Samburu girls.
Call Me Steve
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Author : Les O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2018-04-18
Call Me Steve written by Les O'Brien and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-18 with Travel categories.
“Lengang’arangetengop. At no time in human history has a book started with that name, I bet.” And so begins the true story of a Calgary man’s life-changing journey to Africa and the start of his life-long friendship with a Samburu warrior with an impossibly long name. On his first day at a Kenyan nature reserve, elephant expert Les O’Brien finds himself sought out by a park guide who is hungry to learn from him. But the tables quickly turn, and soon Lengang’arangetengop – who graciously allows tourists to call him “Steve” and his friends to call him “Tilas” – becomes the teacher. Tilas not only shares his knowledge of his environment and the beauty of Africa with his new friend, he also teaches him about the way of the Samburu – a semi-nomadic people who carry everything they own with them as they travel the African plains. From his new friend, Les learns about loyalty, friendship, responsibility, environmental stewardship, and how to be a better human. More than a travel book, Call Me Steve is a story of self-discovery and friendship in a land like no other. This book will make you laugh, cry, and then google Samburu National Reserve so you can begin to arrange your own trip there.
Uncertain Tastes
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Author : Jon Holtzman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2009
Uncertain Tastes written by Jon Holtzman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
This richly drawn ethnography of Samburu cattle herders in northern Kenya examines the effects of an epochal shift in their basic diet-from a regimen of milk, meat, and blood to one of purchased agricultural products. In his innovative analysis, Jon Holtzman uses food as a way to contextualize and measure the profound changes occurring in Samburu social and material life. He shows that if Samburu reaction to the new foods is primarily negative--they are referred to disparagingly as "gray food” and "government food”--it is also deeply ambivalent. For example, the Samburu attribute a host of social maladies to these dietary changes, including selfishness and moral decay. Yet because the new foods save lives during famines, the same individuals also talk of the triumph of reason over an antiquated culture and speak enthusiastically of a better life where there is less struggle to find food. Through detailed analysis of a range of food-centered arenas, Uncertain Tastes argues that the experience of food itself--symbolic, sensuous, social, and material-is intrinsically characterized by multiple and frequently conflicting layers.
The Samburu
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Author : Paul Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1965
The Samburu written by Paul Spencer and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Social Science categories.
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.