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Cattle raiding and household demography among the Kuria of Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Michael L. Fleisher
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Résumé

Dans la tribu agro-pastorale des Kuria située dans les plaines du district de Tarime, dans le nord de la Tanzanie, de nombreux hommes jeunes s'adonnent au vol de bétail, qui constitue une source principale de revenu. Une étude menée sur soixantequatre voleurs de bétail de cette tribu révèle que les trois quarts d'entre eux sont issus de families dont le nombre de garçons est supérieur à celui des filles, suggérant ainsi fortement que la nécessité, pour les fils, d'acquérir leur propre bétail dotal autrement que par le mariage de leurs sœurs constitue le critère majeur permettant de prédire quels hommes jeunes choisiront de devenir des voleurs de bétail.

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Raiding, inequality and the Kuria
Information
Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 238 - 255
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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