...Aneesa Kassam The “ethnic” origins of the Gabra camel pastoralists who live on the Kenyan-Ethiopian border and their relationship to the territorially adjacent Borana cattle pastoralists are matters of ongoing academic debate. This article, which is based on Gabra clan traditions, suggests that the...

... waterless Chalbi Desert, an extinct lake strewn with reddish volcanic ash and boulders. This is the land of the nomadic Somali, Gabra, Rendille, and Borana peoples. On the southern tip of the lake rise the slopes of Mount Kulal, the home of the elegant Samburu pastoralists. To the southeast the Elmolo...

... they produced various books in the local lan- guages. Catholics joined Protestants in translating the Bible into Borana. The Bible Society of Kenya published it in two elegant volumes: one with, and one without the deutero-canonical books. Both were presented to an ecumenical meeting at Marsabit...

... immigrants from Turkan after the British raids. The Sam- buru, Somali, Borana, Rendille, Ngkarimojong, and the Ngjiye welcomed the new immigrants or accepted them either as workers or associates for mutual benefit. We will discuss the interaction with the Samburu in detail because the largest...

... feature is a geologically recent phenomenon: the elongate Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolf). Just north of a large sand spit projecting into the lake at the north end of Allia Bay are some small conical hills known as Koobi Fora (Borana for ‘‘small hill of a satellite camp The Koobi Fora sand spit...