A Pastoral Democracy: A Study of Pastoralism and Politics Among the Northern Somali of the Horn of Africa

Abokor Administration agnatic amongst ancestor Arabic British British Somaliland brothers called camels clan clan-family close collective common compensation concerned contract Council cultivation Daarood descent dia-paying group discuss distribution District Dulbahante effect elders example extent fact fighting force formal four further Gadabuursi genealogy given Government grazing greater Habar Tol Ja'lo hamlets Haud herds important individual interests Isaaq Islam Jibriil killed kinsmen land later less lineage lineage-group live Maḥammad marriage married means ment MICHIGAN move movement Muslim Muuse nomadic northern paid particularly party pastoral pastoralists person political position primary principle Protectorate rains Reer refer regarded region relations religious represents seasons segments sense settle settlement sheep Sheikh social society solidarity Somali Somaliland sometimes strength structure Sultan tend territorial tion towns traditional units usually wadaads Yuunis