From Mukogodo to Maasai - Ethnicity and Cultural Change in Kenya

Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers).

List of contents

1 Koisa's People -- 2 "People Who Live in Rocks" -- 3 From Mukogodo to Maasai -- 4 Poverty as Routine -- 5 Boys and Girls, Words and Deeds -- 6 Are They Maasai Yet?

About the author

Lee Cronk is associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of That Complex Whole (Westview Press, 1999).

Summary

Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers).

Product details

• Authors: Lee Cronk
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2019
• EAN: 9780367315856
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31585-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Case Studies in Anthropology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education