Youth and Experiences of Ageing among Maa. Models of Society Evoked by the Maasai, Samburu, and Chamus of Kenya

• Kaituhi matua: Spencer, Paul (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: De Gruyter 2014
• Ngā marau: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; political science; anthropology; development studies; sociology; gender studies; Africa; Maasai; history
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Maa of East Africa are a cluster of related pastoral peoples who share a social organization based on age. This groups men into life-long cohorts from their initiation in youth, regardless of family wealth. Historically, this type of pre-market society has been described in every continent, but...