CONFLICT, AGE & POWER IN NORTH EAST AFRICA

Kurimoto, Eisei & Simonse, Simon (eds)

ISBN 10: 0821412418 / ISBN 13: 9780821412411

Published by Currey, E.A.E.P., Fountain & Ohio U.P. 1998 1st edition, 1998

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14+270 pages, bibliography, maps, figures, tables, photographs : 11 papers on the military & political relevance of age systems in a post-colonial era; paperback vg+ isbn 0821412418 east africa sudan ethiopia kenya sudanese anthropology horn africa age systems african anthropology.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONFLICT, AGE & POWER IN NORTH EAST AFRICA
• Publisher: Currey, E.A.E.P., Fountain & Ohio U.P. 1998 1st edition
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821412418
• ISBN 13: 9780821412411
• Binding: Soft cover

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Synopsis

Age systems are involved in the competition for power. They are part of an institutional complex that makes societies fit to wage war. This book argues that in postcolonial North East Africa, with its recent history of national political conflict and civil and regional wars, the time has come to reemphasize the military and political relevance of age systems. Herein is new information about age systems in North East Africa, setting them firmly in a wider spatial and temporal context. Topics examined are regional age systems, the decline of some systems and the persistence of others, the way women are included or excluded, and the politicization and militarization of age systems in national political conflicts and civil wars.

About the Author

Eisei Kurimoto is an associate professor at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.