Aging and social change among Abaluyia in Western Kenya: Anthropological and historical perspectives

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-197

  Cattell, Maria G ^a,b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Aging; Globalization; Kenya; Luyia; Narratives; Social change

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; HISTORY; KENYA; LITERATURE; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGING; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FAMILY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; KENYA; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 44449178655     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9062-x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Bradley, C. (1997). Why fertility is going down in Maragoli. In T. S. Weisner, C. Bradley, & P. L. Kilbride (Eds.) African families and the crisis of social change (pp. 227-252). Westport, CT, USA: Bergin & Garvey.
2. Cattell, M. G. (1989a). Old age in rural Kenya: Gender, the life course and social change. Bryn Mawr College: Ph.D. dissertation.
3. Cattell, M. G. (1989b). Knowledge and social change in Samia, western Kenya. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 4(3), 225-244.
4. Cattell, M. G. (1992). Praise the Lord and say no to men: Older Samia women empowering themselves. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 7(4), 307-330.
5. Cattell, M. G. (1997a). The discourse of neglect: Family support for the elderly in Samia. In T. S. Weisner, C. Bradley, & P. L. Kilbride (Eds.) African families and the crisis of social change (pp. 157-183). Westport, CT, USA: Bergin & Garvey.
6. Cattell, M. G. (1997b). Ubuntu, African elderly and the African family crisis. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 6(2), 37-39.
7. Cattell, M. G. (2000). The impact and meaning of migration in the lives of older rural Kenyans. Paper presented in invited symposium, "The impact of urbanization on aging: A global challenge." First International Conference on Rural Aging: A Global Challenge, Charleston WV.
8. Cattell, M. G. (2001). Wild resonances: Intersections of human and animal worlds among Samia, western Kenya. Paper at African Studies Association annual meeting, Houston.
9. Cattell, M. G. (2002). Holding up the sky: Gender, age and work among the Abaluyia of Kenya. In S. Makoni, & K. Stroeken (Eds.) Ageing in Africa: Sociolinguistic and anthropological approaches (pp. 155-175). Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate.
10. Cattell, M. G. (2005). African reinventions: Home, place and kinship among Abaluyia of Kenya. In G. D. Rowles, & H. Chaudhury (Eds.) Home and identity in late life: International perspectives (pp. 219-235). New York: Springer.
11. Ferreira, M. (1999). Building and advancing African gerontology. Southern African Journal of Gerontology, 8(1), 1-3.
12. Hay, M. J. (1976). Luo women and economic change during the colonial period. In N. J. Hafkin, & E. G. Bay (Eds.) Women in Africa: Studies in social and economic change pp. 87-109. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
13. Hobley, C. W. (1970 [1929]). Kenya from chartered company to Crown colony. London: Frank Cass.
14. Iliffe, J. (1987). The African poor: A history. New York: Cambridge University Press.
15. Monasch, R., & Boerwa, J. T. (2004). Orphanhood and childcare patterns in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of national surveys from 40 countries. AIDS, 18(Supplement 2), S55-S65.
16. Nangina Hospital (1986). Survey of client population. Unpublished report in author's possession.
17. Nyambedha, E. O., Wandibba, S., & Aagaard-Hansen, J. (2003). "Retirement lost"-the new role of the elderly as caretakers for orphans in Western Kenya. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 18(1), 33-52.
18. Ochieng', W. R. (Ed.). (2002). Historical studies and social change in western Kenya: Essays in memory of Professor Gideon S. Were. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers.
19. Osogo, J. (1965). Life in Kenya in the olden days: The Baluyia. Nairobi: Oxford University Press.
20. Republic of Kenya (2000). 1999 Population and housing census: Counting our people for development, Vol. I. Nairobi: Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Planning.
21. Seitz, J. R. (1978). A history of the Samia Location in western Kenya, 1890-1930. West Virginia University: PhD dissertation.
22. Soper, R., (Ed.). (1986). Kenya socio-cultural profiles: Busia District. Nairobi: The Ministry of Planning and National Development & The Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi.
23. Thomson, J. (1885). Through Masai land. London: Edward Arnold.
24. Wagner, G. (1949). The Bantu of North Kavirondo. Volume I. London: Oxford University Press.
25. Wagner, G. (1956). In L. P. Mair (Ed.) The Bantu of North Kavirondo. Volume II: Economic Life. London: Oxford University Press.
26. Wandibba, S. (Ed.). (1985). History and culture in western Kenya: The people of Bungoma District through time. Nairobi: Gideon S. Were Press.
27. Were, G. S. (1967). A history of the Abaluyia of western Kenya, c. 1500-1930. Nairobi: East African Publishing House.
28. Weisner, T. S., Bradley, C., & Kilbride, P. L. (Eds.). (1997). African families and the crisis of social change. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.