The Nandi of Kenya : tribal control in a pastoral society / / G.W.B. Huntingford ; [with a foreword by Claud Hollis]

• Autore: Huntingford George Wynn Brereton
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge & Kegan Paul, , 1953
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.08996506762; 572.96762
• Soggetto topico: Nandi (African people)
• Note generali: First issued in paperback 2011--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; The Nandi of Kenya; Copyright Page; The Nandi of Kenya; Foreword By Sir Claud Hollis, G.C.M.G.; Preface; Note on Orthography; Contents; I. Introductory; II. Land Divisions and Local Authorities; 1. Land units; Appendix: Koret-names; 2. The Kokwet; Appendix I. Kokwet trees; Appendix II. The Kiruoget ap Akgautiet; 3. The Pororiet Council; 4. Nandi unity; 5. The orkoiyot; III. Age-Sets; Appendix I. Korongoro and Kipkoiimet; Appendix II. Age-sets and sexual matters; IV. War Organization; V. Administrative Changes; VI. Law; 1. General principles ; 2. The consequences of wrong-doingVII. Religion; Bibliography of the Nandi; Index and Glossary of Nandi words
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the political structure of the Nandi tribe in the first half of the twentieth century and contains chapters on the following: · Land divisions and local authorities · Age-sets · War organisation · Administrative changes · Law · Religion. First published in 1953
• Altri titoli varianti: Tribal control in a pastoral society
• Titolo autorizzato: The Nandi of Kenya
• ISBN: 1-135-64951-0; 0-203-71516-0; 1-283-88637-5; 1-135-64944-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779600603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Africa (Routledge (Firm)) ; ; 10.