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Force and Fission in Northern Somali Lineage Structure 1

1961; Wiley; Volume: 63; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1961.63.1.02a00060

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I. M. Lewis,

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

American AnthropologistVolume 63, Issue 1 p. 94-112 Force and Fission in Northern Somali Lineage Structure1 I. M. LEWIS, I. M. LEWIS University College of Rhodesia and NyasalandSearch for more papers by this author I. M. LEWIS, I. M. LEWIS University College of Rhodesia and NyasalandSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1961 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1961.63.1.02a00060Citations: 11 1 This paper is based on research carried out in Somaliland, mainly in the British Protectorate, between 1955 and 1957, and financed by the Colonial Social Science Research Council, London, whose generosity I acknowledge with gratitude. I am grateful to J. C. Mitchell and J. Van Velsen for comments on earlier drafts of this article. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES CITED Bacon, E. E. 1958 Obok: a study of social structure in Eurasia. New York, Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology 25. Barth, F. 1959 Segmentary opposition and the theory of games: a study of Pathan organisation. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 89: 5–21. Bohannan, L. 1952 A genealogical charter. Africa 22: 301–315. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1940 The Nuer. Oxford University Press. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1949 The Sanusi of Cyrenaica. Oxford University Press. Forde, D. 1938 Fission and accretion in the patrilineal clans of a semi-Bantu community in southern Nigeria. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 68: 311–338. Fortes, Meyer 1945 The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi. Oxford University Press. Fortes, Meyer 1953 The structure of unilineal descent groups. American Anthropologist 55: 17–41. Fortes, Meyer and E. E. Evans-Pritchard 1940 African political systems. Oxford University Press. Fried, Morton 1957 The classification of corporate unilineal descent groups. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 87: 1–31. Lewis, I. M. 195556 Sufism in Somaliland: a study in tribal Islam. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 27: 581–602; 28:146–160. Lewis, I. M. 1957 The Somali lineage system and the total genealogy. London, Hargeisa (British Somaliland) and Crown Agents for the Colonies. Lewis, I. M. 1958 Modern political movements in Somaliland. International African Institute Memorandum 30, Oxford University Press. Lewis, I. M. 1959a Clanship and contract in northern Somaliland. Africa 29: 274–293. Lewis, I. M. 1959b The classification of African political systems. Human Problems in British Central Africa 25: 59–69. Lewis, I. M. 1961 A pastoral democracy. A study in pastoralism and politics among the northern Somali of the Horn of Africa. (forthcoming). Lloyd, P. C. 1955 The Yoruba lineage. Africa 25: 235–252. Mayer, P. 1949 The lineage principle in Gusii society. International African Institute Memorandum 24, Oxford University Press. Middleton, John and D. Tait 1958 Tribes without rulers. London, Routledge & Paul. Morgantini, A. M. 1954 Quelques resultats preliminaires de l'enquete sur la population de la Somalie menée en 1953. In Proceedings of the World Population Conference, 1954, vol. 6. New York. Shihāb Ad-Dīn 18971909 Futūh al-Habasha. R. Basset, ed. and trans. Paris. Smith, M. G. 1956 On segmentary lineage systems. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 86: 39–81. Southall, A. 1952 Lineage formation among the Luo. International African Institute Memorandum 26, Oxford University Press. Winter, E. H. 1956 Bwamba: a structural-functional analysis of a patrilineal society. Cambridge, W. Heffer. Citing Literature Volume63, Issue1February 1961Pages 94-112 ReferencesRelatedInformation