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Journal Article
Cattle raiding and household demography among the Kuria of Tanzania
1999
Overview
Among the agro-pastoralist Kuria people inhabiting the Tarime District lowlands of northern Tanzania, many young men are engaged in cattle raiding, which constitutes a primary means of generating cash income. Data from a sample of sixty-four Kuria cattle raiders reveal that three-quarters of them grew up in natal households having more sons than daughters, strongly suggesting that it is the need for the sons of a household to acquire their own bridewealth cattle by means other than through sisters' marriages that constitutes the strongest predictor of which young men will opt to become cattle raiders. 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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Cambridge University Press,Edinburgh University Press,G. Cumberlege, etc
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