Describe the social organisation of Kalenjin community in Kenya

      

Describe the social organisation of Kalenjin community in Kenya.

  

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John
1. The family was the basic unit and several families formed the clan

2. Boys and girls were circumcised at puberty and entered adulthood

3. They had warriors who were chosen from the Age-sets young men

4. Several clans joined together to form pororiet.

5. The clans was the basic political unit. The clan was governed by a junior council of elders and settled minor disputes

6. They had age set

7. They had important leaders in the society like rainmakers

8. They worshiped one god called Asis

9. They believed in ancestral spirits to whom they poured libation
johnmulu answered the question on January 24, 2017 at 12:02


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