http://hdl.handle.net/10023/62 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:33:10 GMT 2013-04-21T10:33:10Z http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1854 Abstract: This paper re-assesses a comparative sociology of kinship and friendship in East Africa with a particular focus on the Boorana Oromo of Kenya. It argues that the study of kinship dominated the developments of a comparative sociology during colonial times and that the post-colonial influences of war, the market and globalization have increased the role of the individual. As a result a comparative sociology of African kinship needs to be understood in relation to comparative sociological studies of friendship in East Africa, particularly associated with the sociology of education. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1854 2011-01-28T00:00:00Z Aguilar, Mario I This paper re-assesses a comparative sociology of kinship and friendship in East Africa with a particular focus on the Boorana Oromo of Kenya. It argues that the study of kinship dominated the developments of a comparative sociology during colonial times and that the post-colonial influences of war, the market and globalization have increased the role of the individual. As a result a comparative sociology of African kinship needs to be understood in relation to comparative sociological studies of friendship in East Africa, particularly associated with the sociology of education. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1528 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1528 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z Holmes, Stephen Ralph