The Ariaal are northern Kenyan pastoralists. They are a combination of Samburu and Rendille groups, herding camels as well as cattle, sheep and goats.
They have been the subject of much study by anthropologists, especially Elliot Fratkin. More recent work has been conducted by Bettina Shell-Duncan, Benjamin Campbell and their respective students.[full citation needed] The earliest account of the Ariaal, examining their relationship with the Rendille on the one hand and with the Samburu on the other was by Paul Spencer.[1]
An Ariaal person killing a lion is highly respected.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Paul Spencer, Nomads in Alliance: symbiosis and growth among the Rendille and Samburu, 1973 (Chapter 4)
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