Nandi and Other Kalenjin Peoples



ETHNONYMS: Endo: Chebleng'. Keiyo: Elgeyo. Kipsigis: Lumbwa, Sotek. Kony: Bong'om, Bok, Elgon Maasai, Elgonyi, Sabaot. Marakwet: Cherang'any, Maragweta, Sengwer. Nandi: Chemwal, Teng'wal. Okiek: Akiy, Dorobo, Ogiek. Pokot: Pakot, Suk. Sebei: Kipsorai, Mbai, Sabaot, Saping', Sor. Terik: Nilotic Tiriki, Nyang'ori. Tugen: Cherangani, Kamasia.


Kinship

All Kalenjin have patrilineal clans, but clans do not universally have strong cooperative functions other than regulating marriage (with various rules). Specific patrilineal links are traced for only three to four generations.

Kin terminology is basically Omaha. The most common sibling terms do not differentiate gender. There are a large number of specific terms for types of affines.


Bibliography

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Goldschmidt, Walter (1976). The Culture and Behavior of the Sebei. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.


Greenberg, Joseph H. (1963). Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics, Publication 25. The Languages of Africa. The Hague: Mouton.


Huntingford, G. W. B. (1953). The Mandi of Kenya: Tribal Control in a Pastoral Society. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.


Kipkorir, B. E., with F. B. Welbourn (1973). The Marakwet of Kenya. Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau.


Oboler, Regina Smith (1985). Women, Power, and Economic Change: The Nandi of Kenya. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.


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REGINA SMITH OBOLER

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