Fields of Change among the Iteso of Kenya

Fields of Change is a study of the means by which the Iteso adapted to the imposition of colonial rule and the loss of political independence. It explores their pacification and incorporation into a colonial state and the effects that these processes have had on Iteso territorial and political systems. At the same time it examines the way in which the political system both affected and was affected by other aspects of the Iteso social system, most notably in the fields of religion, descent and domestic kinship. First published in 1978.

Ivan Karp

1. Introduction2. The Precolonial Political System3. The Emergence of Neighbourhoods4. Changing Patterns of Kinship and Descent5. Kinship Terms and Norms6. The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups7. Akudiet Neighbourhood8. Conclusion