Ariaal pastoralists of Kenya: studying pastoralism, drought, and development in Africa's arid lands

"In its Second Edition, Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya, gives readers a humorous and readable ethnographic representation of the Maasai-speaking society of East Africa. Based on more than 25 years of research and fieldwork, this unique text describes the story of how a society of livestock herder...

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Main Author: Fratkin, Elliot M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; Munich [u.a.] Pearson, Allyn and Bacon 2004
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Cultural survival studies in ethnicity and change
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Summary:"In its Second Edition, Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya, gives readers a humorous and readable ethnographic representation of the Maasai-speaking society of East Africa. Based on more than 25 years of research and fieldwork, this unique text describes the story of how a society of livestock herders in northern Kenya have conformed to and survived both natural and human-induced disasters of recent times, such as, drought and famine, inter-pastoralist warfare, and the wide-scale intervention of international development and relief organizations."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XVIII, 142 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0205391427

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