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

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...

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Main Author: Spencer, Paul (Author, Verfasser)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Warschau/Berlin De Gruyter De Gruyter Open 2014
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