As Pastoralists Settle Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of

The Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Northern Kenya ERICABELLA ROTH AND ELLIOT FRATKIN 1. INTRODUCTION Formerly nomadic livestock-keeping pastoralists have settled in many regions of the world in

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STUDIES IN HUMAN ECOLOGY AND ADAPTATION Series Editors:

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AS PASTORALISTS SETTLE Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya Edited by Elliot Fratkin and Eric Abella Roth

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As Pastoralists Settle Social, Health, and Economic Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya

Edited by

Elliot Fratkin Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts

and

Eric Abella Roth University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data As pastoralists settle : social, health, and economic consequences of the pastoral sedentarization in Marsabit District, Kenya / edited by Elliot Fratkin, Eric Abella Roth. p. cm. — (Studies in human ecology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-306-48594-X (hb.) — ISBN 0-306-48596-6 (eBook) 1. Marsabit District (Kenya) — Economic conditions. 2. Marsabit District (Kenya) — Social conditions. 3. Nomads — Kenya — Marsabit District — Sedentarisation. I. Fratkin, Elliot M. II. Roth, Eric Abella. III. Series. HC865.Z7M373 2004 306.3⬘49⬘0967624—dc22 2004042174

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Wario R. Adano, M.Sc., Amsterdam Research Institute for Global Issues and Development Studies, University of Amsterdam