ABSTRACT
Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Location and physical environment . . . . . . . 9 Population and distribution . . . . . . . . 9 Enclaved groups . . . . . . . . . . 10
S o c ia l O rg a n iza tio n and P o l i t i c a l S t r u c t u r e .................................................15 The compound . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Lineage and territorial organization . . . . . . . 19 Moral and social functions of the lineage system . . . . . 25 Treaties (iktil) . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Leadership . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 British administration . . . . . . . . . 37 Law . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Pawning . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Age-sets . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Associations . . . . . . . . . . . 49
M ain F e a tu r e s o f E conom y . . . . . . . . 50 Migrant labour . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Land tenure . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Labour groups . . . . . . . . . . 51 Crops and the use of land . . . . . . . . . 52 Trade and markets . . . . . . . . . . 53
K i n s h i p . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Terms of consanguinity . . . . . . . . . 58 Terms of affinity . . . . . . . . . . 60
M a r r i a g e ................................................................................................................................. 6 9 Marriage before 1927 . . . . . . . . . . 69 Present-day marriage forms . . . . . . . . 72 Other forms of marriage . . . . . . . . . 74
