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| Title: | The Structure of East African Age-Set Systems |
| Author: | Morton, R.F. |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Periodical: | Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies (ISSN 0256-2316) |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 77-102 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya Tanzania |
| Subjects: | generations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the structural features of four East African age-set systems: of the Masai, Arusha, Nandi and Kikuyu. The features which all systems have in common are the manner in which age-sets are recruited, the role of ritual figures in certain age-set activities, the chronological regularity of the maturation cycle, and the role and organization of the military age-sets. At the end is paid to the weakness in this structural approach. Notes. |
