Peter Waweru
Biographic Data
| ID | 4065263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Waweru |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Waweru |
| SIGNATURE | WAWERU P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Laikipia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4623-1261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religion and Death Among the Bukusu During the Precolonial Period
Death and dying is a very interesting topic to study. It has however attracted very little historical, socio- cultural and anthropological interrogations. Among the pristine Bukusu people of Western Kenya, death was accorded numerous socio-cultural rituals that constituted coded meanings which may have only been understood in the realms of religion. This paper thus attempted an examination on how traditional religion was a key determinant in cond…
The Implausible Persistence of Pastoralism
Based mainly on archival and oral sources this study examines the history of the cattle-herding Samburu people from the mid-nineteenth century through Kenyan independence in 1963. The authors emphasize the resilience and resourcefulness that the transhumant pastoralists exhibited as they encountered a host of challenges that ranged from epidemics and major outbreaks of disease among their livestock to interethnic competition for scarce resources …
Becoming Samburu
This article examines the origins of the Samburu people of northern Kenya. It puts the relatively recent development of the Samburu, assuming a common identity, into historical context and argues that one can best understand the pastoralists’ ethnogenesis by examining a host of complex and dynamic variables. The authors emphasize the significance of environmental factors, as well as the Samburu's interactions with neighboring ethnic groups, for t…
Frontier urbanisation
Becoming Samburu
This article examines the origins of the Samburu people of northern Kenya. It puts the relatively recent development of the Samburu, assuming a common identity, into historical context and argues that one can best understand the pastoralists’ ethnogenesis by examining a host of complex and dynamic variables. The authors emphasize the significance of environmental factors, as well as the Samburu's interactions with neighboring ethnic groups, for t…
The Implausible Persistence of Pastoralism
Based mainly on archival and oral sources this study examines the history of the cattle-herding Samburu people from the mid-nineteenth century through Kenyan independence in 1963. The authors emphasize the resilience and resourcefulness that the transhumant pastoralists exhibited as they encountered a host of challenges that ranged from epidemics and major outbreaks of disease among their livestock to interethnic competition for scarce resources …
Frontier urbanisation
Frontier urbanisation
Becoming Samburu
This article examines the origins of the Samburu people of northern Kenya. It puts the relatively recent development of the Samburu, assuming a common identity, into historical context and argues that one can best understand the pastoralists’ ethnogenesis by examining a host of complex and dynamic variables. The authors emphasize the significance of environmental factors, as well as the Samburu's interactions with neighboring ethnic groups, for t…
The Implausible Persistence of Pastoralism
Based mainly on archival and oral sources this study examines the history of the cattle-herding Samburu people from the mid-nineteenth century through Kenyan independence in 1963. The authors emphasize the resilience and resourcefulness that the transhumant pastoralists exhibited as they encountered a host of challenges that ranged from epidemics and major outbreaks of disease among their livestock to interethnic competition for scarce resources …
Religion and Death Among the Bukusu During the Precolonial Period
Death and dying is a very interesting topic to study. It has however attracted very little historical, socio- cultural and anthropological interrogations. Among the pristine Bukusu people of Western Kenya, death was accorded numerous socio-cultural rituals that constituted coded meanings which may have only been understood in the realms of religion. This paper thus attempted an examination on how traditional religion was a key determinant in cond…
Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)