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| Farming, marketing, and changes in the authority of elders among pastoral Rendille and Ariaal | | Author(s) | Kevin Smith |
| Journal title | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol 13, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 309-332 |
| Keywords | Agricultural Industry ; Ethnic groups ; Rural areas ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social change ; Anthropological studies ; Kenya. |
| Annotation | Pastoral cultures of East Africa include certain institutions that meet requirements for organisation of employment and control over resources. Institutions that have been adapted to multi-species pastoralism in arid or semi-arid environments include: a patriarchal and gerontocratic control over resources that permits polygyny; an age-system that both dictates work roles and legitimises control over resources; and marriage practices that permit older males to control the work of unmarried junior males. All of these institutions and ideals are interrelated, reinforcing each other and perpetuating the social and ideological order of society. When the economy changes, however, institutions may also change or perhaps become less useful for organising society. Such is the case for Rendille and Ariaal in northern Kenya, where farmers are more involved in the market economy than their pastoral kin. The result is greater economic opportunity for young men of the warrior age grade, while ways for elders to maintain their authority continue to exist. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826270 A |
| Classmark | X4: TK: RL: TOB: TMH: 3FA: 7LD |
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