Feathers, horns and guardians : a study of social transition in an African community
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Feathers, horns and guardians : a study of social transition in an African community
Kyoto University Press , Trans Pacific Press, 2024
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-228) and index
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Table of Contents
- 1 A farming community:Circuit cultivation in transition
- 2 The field is theirs:K^ur^umithua ndewa,age‐class formation and the persistence of local memory
- 3 Man who never dies:Clan revival for new generations
- 4 The Athimba:Fifteen years of clan making in a local context
- 5 Clanship and ^ichiaro:The individual,the depersonalised and the indeterminate
- 6 Feathers and guardians:The perpetuation of shared personhood
- 7 Transcending inner conflicts:Election day for the Athimba clan
- Appendix1 Homicide compensation in Kenya
- Appendix2 A witchcraft accusation in M^uringene in September 2005
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