Search results for "descent system"

Gada as an Integrative Factor of Political Organization

1994

Sull'organizzazione sociale tradizionale dei Borana: Contributo al dibattito

1988

This article deals with the traditional social organization of the Borana, an Oromo-speaking pastoral group of Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. A special attention is reserved to the political role of four basic institutions: the kinship system, the gadaa system, the hariyaa system and the qaalluu. Cet article concerne l'organisation sociale des Borana, un groupe pastoral de langue Oromo du Kenya septentrional et de l'Ethiopie méridionale. Une attention particulière est portée au rôle politique de quatre institutions fondamentales: le système de parenté, les systèmes gadaa et hariyaa, et le qaalluu.

Sviluppo partecipante e sistemi tradizionali: Il caso dei Borana dell'Etiopia

1992

In the development programs concerning the Ethiopian Borana local groups are assigned the role of principal group for development initiatives. As such, the project seems to meet the principle of participatory development. However, among the Borana, local communities have very little organizational significance and no say at all on matters regarding rights of property. Such authority is instead attributed to descent groups, which are not localized. In particular, clans have both the organizational capacity to coordinate collective investments on natural resources and the authority to guarantee personal and collective property rights. It is therefore suggested that a direct link with clans an…

Il caso Diigalu Tiiti. Strutture sociali e processi produttivi presso i Borana dell'Etiopia

1990

This paper concerns the social elements which are relevant in relation with some important productive features of the Borana of Southern Ethiopia. Recent field-data seem to indicate that the structure provided by descent is particularly significant with regard both to economical mutual assistance and to management of wells, the crucial natural resources. Cet article concerne les éléments sociaux importants par rapport à des procédés de production des Borana du sud de l'Ethiopie. Le système de parenté semble particulièrement significatif aussi bien en ce qui concerne l'assistance réciproque que pour la gestion des puits, la ressource naturelle cruciale.