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

• Hovedforfatter: Spencer, Paul (auth)
• Format: Electronisk Book Chapter
• Sprog: engelsk
• Udgivet: De Gruyter 2014
• Fag: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; political science; anthropology; development studies; sociology; gender studies; Africa; Maasai; history
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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...