Being Maasai: ethnicity & identity in East Africa

Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something else, adn what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still ch...

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Other Authors: Waller, Richard D. (Editor), Spear, Thomas 1940- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Suffolk James Currey 1993
Series:Eastern African studies
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Summary:Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something else, adn what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today.<br>This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested and transformed.<br><br>North America: Ohio U Press; Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota; Kenya: EAEP
Item Description:Chiefly papers presented at the African Studies Association Meeting in Atlanta in 1989
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 322 Seiten)
ISBN:9781782049814

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