Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change
its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of
ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and
1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters,
gatherers, and beekeepers). However, changes brought on by British
colonial policies led them to move away from life as independent
foragers and into the orbit of the high-status Maasai, whom they
began to emulate. Today, the Mukogodo form the bottom rung of a
regional socioeconomic ladder of Maa-speaking pastoralists. An
interesting by-product of this sudden ethnic change has been to
give Mukogodo women, who tend to marry up the ladder, better
marital and reproductive prospects than Mukogodo men. Mukogodo
parents have responded with an unusual pattern of favoring
daughters over sons, though they emulate the Maasai by verbally
expressing a preference for sons.
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