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Kinship and Contract in Somali Politics
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AbstractTraditional Somali politics was based on two dialectically related principles: kinship and contract (tol iyo xeer). Kinship was founded on the segmentary lineage system under which people traced their descent to common male ancestors. Agnates functioned as corporate political groups because they were blood relatives. But the blood relation was not sufficient to establish a political system. Agnates functioned as corporate political groups because they negotiated a social contract that defined the terms of their collective unity.
Title: Kinship and Contract in Somali Politics
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AbstractTraditional Somali politics was based on two dialectically related principles: kinship and contract (tol iyo xeer).
Kinship was founded on the segmentary lineage system under which people traced their descent to common male ancestors.
Agnates functioned as corporate political groups because they were blood relatives.
But the blood relation was not sufficient to establish a political system.
Agnates functioned as corporate political groups because they negotiated a social contract that defined the terms of their collective unity.
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