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Author : Aidan Southall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Lineage Formation Among the Luo written by Aidan Southall and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hezron Otieno Adingo
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book JO-KANG’ATO written by Hezron Otieno Adingo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hezron Otieno Adingo earned his PhD in Systematic Theology from Africa International University in Kenya, an MA in Biblical Studies (Africa International University), and a Bachelor of Theology from Bugema University in Uganda. He has had the opportunity to serve as a Pastor in Kenya and the United Kingdom. While serving as the Ministerial Director of the South England Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists, he was instrumental in guiding, coordinating, supervising, directing, and leading ministerial work within the 26 counties in the United Kingdom. Dr. Adingo continues with his ministry of mentoring Pastors and shepherding. Besides his expertise in Systematic Theology, especially Ecclesiology, his other areas of research interest are Church History, Biblical Studies, Missions, Inculturation, and African Christian Theology.
Author : Maxwell Owusu
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110812630
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Colonialism and Change written by Maxwell Owusu and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825830847
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book A Pastoral Democracy written by I. M. Lewis and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 1999 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1961, shortly after establishment of the independent Somali Republic, the first step towards the formation of a 'Greater Somalia', brought this North-East African Muslim nation a prominence which it had not enjoyed since the British campaigns against the 'Mad Mullah' in the first two decades of the twentieth century. Somali nationalism, however, cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the indigenous social organization. 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. In this warlike society political status depends very largely on numerical strength. Political loyalties based on kinship are organized through a form of Social Contract which distinguishes the pastoral Somali political system from otherwise similar political structures. Today this traditional organization is being challenged in areas where cultivation has recently been adopted, and in towns which are the foci of modern developments. Somali nationalism, drawing much of its strength from the unifying force of Islam, is an important factor. With the continued dedication of the majority of the population to pastoral nomadism, however, traditional clan and contractual loyalties inevitably play an important part in party politics. 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.
Author : Henri Claessen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351316583
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Early State Economics written by Henri Claessen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central theme of this volume is the political economy of early state societies: the ways in which the income of the central government of such systems was collected and spent. The work contains descriptive as well as narrative and commemorative essays. Contributions present data on early states as diverse as the Interlacustrine states of East Africa, the Sudanic states of West Africa, prehistoric Cahokia in the Mississippi Valley, Aztec Mexico, the Classical Maya, eighteenth-century Nepal, and Polynesian, Tahitian, and Mayan case studies. At the theoretical end of the spectrum, the book offers a general discussion of the concept of political economy; modes of production in antiquity, and the editors themselves offer an overview of early state organizational forms. With the data of the contributions to this volume, such theoretical viewpoints are evaluated. The conclusion is that inherited approaches fall far short of explaining the political economies of early states. The editors of this volume maintain that much thinking on this issue of the early state is off-base because it is confined to the study of redistribution. They hold that a prestige goods system is probably as important, while in some cases, the key factor to look at is tribute or taxation. Likewise, the system of gift giving, often viewed as ancillary, should be considered central to the performance of the ancient states. In short, political economy is rooted in the stages of social growth. Nearly all contributors agree that simple evolutionary generalizations can no longer be applied to specific cases without considerable modification, and in this undertaking formalist and Marxist canons alike need to be invoked for a deeper understanding of the actual operations of the state in earlier societies.
Author : Sandra Bamford
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857456393
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Kinship and Beyond written by Sandra Bamford and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model--in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission--structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the "social" and "natural" sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life.
Author : Parker Shipton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300152744
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Mortgaging the Ancestors written by Parker Shipton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks briefly at European and North American theories on private property and the mortgage, then shows how these theories have played out as attempted economic reforms in Africa.
Author : Thomas Ochieng Otanga
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666733067
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Towards a Christian Theology of African Ancestors written by Thomas Ochieng Otanga and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the similarities and relationship between Christian saints and African ancestors. Further, it analyzes the deep cultural roots of African peoples and the ancestral frame as a point of departure for developing an indigenous African theology. Questions dealt with include: Does the conversion of Africans to Christianity require a break with their African cultural heritage? Who is an African ancestor? Is syncretism a good thing for an African Christian? What contribution can the African church make to the universal church? The author argues that rather than being antithetical to formal Christianity, an African Christian theology of ancestors is an example of how an indigenous African tradition can best express Christianity as well as make considerable impact on world Christianity.
Author : Miriam T. Stark
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 081654929X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Cultural Transmission and Material Culture written by Miriam T. Stark and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why people develop, maintain, and change cultural boundaries through time are central issues in the social and behavioral sciences in generaland anthropological archaeology in particular. What factors influence people to imitate or deviate from the behaviors of other group members? How are social group boundaries produced, perpetuated, and altered by the cumulative outcomeof these decisions? Answering these questions is fundamental to understanding cultural persistence and change. The chapters included in this stimulating, multifaceted book address these questions. Working in several subdisciplines, contributors report on research in the areas of cultural boundaries, cultural transmission, and the socially organized nature of learning. Boundaries are found not only within and between the societies in these studies but also within and between the communities of scholars who study them. To break down these boundaries, this volume includes scholars who use multiple theoretical perspectives, including practice theory and evolutionary traditions, which are sometimes complementary and occasionally clashing. Geographic coverage ranges from the indigenous Americas to Africa, the Near East, and South Asia, and the time frame extends from the prehistoric or precontact to colonial periods and up to the ethnographic present. Contributors include leading scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Together, they employ archaeological, ethnographic, ethnoarchaeological,experimental, and simulation data to link micro-scale processes of cultural transmission to macro-scale processes of social group boundary formation, continuity, and change.
Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351457128
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference covering over 22,000 genre of plants and thousands of species. Included are the botanical names, synonyms, homonyms, and the vernacular and trade names of the commonly accepted generic names.
Author : Aidan Southall
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825861193
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Alur Society written by Aidan Southall and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alur Society became a classic for a number of reasons. Being much more than a descriptive account of an African society, it was the first intensive ethnography to adopt the ideas of Max Weber. It pioneered the idea that religion and ritual could be the basis of political action. It also showed how state systems could evolve not just on the basis of conquest but as a result of societies without kings inviting those with kings to govern them. Author Aidan Southall's theory of the segmentary state was adopted by political anthropologists throughout the subject and also by political scientists, being applied not just to Africa but also to India and other parts of the world. The book was able to arrive at such long-lasting and imaginative conclusions through the use of ethnographic material of a quality rarely surpassed. It is moreover arguably the best book in social anthropology of a Nilotic-speaking people. Southall's own command of their language and his overall scholarly knowledge of Nilotes is also unsurpassed.
Author : William Robert Ochieng'
Publisher : East African Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789966251527
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Historical Studies and Social Change in Western Kenya written by William Robert Ochieng' and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bethwell A. Ogot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book History of the Southern Luo written by Bethwell A. Ogot and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M.G. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351525697
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Corporations and Society written by M.G. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few would doubt that social science is in serious need of a new conceptual framework for the study of human organizations. For some time now such a framework has been sought in the notion that societies are functional systems, in which the individual sectors--economy, religion, government and so on--can be seen as subsystems dependent on each other and integrated within a whole. But in spite of the major advances in research which modern systems theory has brought about, it is based inevitably on a priori assumptions which are often at variance with the facts, or require the facts to be interpreted in a special way to fit the theory. In this book Smith puts forward an alternative framework, by developing the concept of the corporation. While most people nowadays think of corporations as large industrial enterprises, Smith employs the term in its older, Common Law sense of an established social unit. By studying the components of social life in this way, as discrete entities rather than as parts of a cohering system, corporation theory is able to treat social phenomena empirically and so avoid the unverifiable ideology-laden postulates of the traditional system-model. Corporations and Society is made up principally of key articles written by Smith over several decades. To these have been added three newly written, unpublished pieces of which the last--a penetrating essay on the Caribbean--is one of the longest in the book. Covering such wide-ranging topics as lineage systems, government, stratification, law, race relations and pluralism, these essays by a distinguished anthropologist show how extensively, and with what power of analysis, the theory can be applied.
Author : Irving Kaplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Area Handbook for Kenya written by Irving Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Kenya, a Country Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Gaillard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134585799
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists written by Gerald Gaillard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of thought, outlining its central features and placing the anthropologists within their intellectual contexts. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists will prove indispensable for students of anthropology.
