Livestock Acquisitions Dynamics in Nomadic Pastoralist Herd Demography: A Case Study among Ngisonyoka Herders of South Turkana, Kenya

• Published in: Human ecology : an interdisciplinary journal Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
• Main Authors: de Vries, Danny, Leslie, Paul W., TerrenceMcCabe, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer 01.02.2006; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal reproduction; Animals; Bride price; Case studies; Cattle; Demography; Drought; Goats; Herding; Herds; Kenya; Livestock; Mammals; Nomads; Pastoralism; Social Networks; Traditional Societies; Kenya

Despite the attention given to social relations in the pastoral literature, the role of livestock acquisitions—additions of livestock to herds through bridewealth, exchanges, gifts, payments, and begging (requests)—in herd build up has usually been assumed to be relatively minor compared to births a...