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| Title: | The Maasai and Their Neighbors: Variables of Interaction |
| Author: | Berntsen, John L. |
| Year: | 1976 |
| Periodical: | African Economic History |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Period: | Fall |
| Pages: | 1-11 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Kenya |
| Subjects: | Maasai ethnic relations Ethnic and Race Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3601509 |
| Abstract: | According to some myths and legends of the Maasai a sharp distinction between pastoralists, agriculturalists, and hunters-gatherers has existed since the beginning of time. This article shows that the relations between the pastoralist Maasai and the neighbouring farmers and hunters were dynamic, by describing different levels of interaction: exchange, inter-marriage and age-sets. Maps., notes. |
