TITLE:
From Age-Sets to Friendship Networks in Comparative Sociology: The continuity of soda among the Boorana of East Africa
AUTHORS: Mario I. Aguilar
KEYWORDS: Develop Sociological Models and Methods, Foster Interdisciplinary, Promote Analytical Research and Inquiry in Socio-Cultural Aspects, Sociological Inquiry and Research
JOURNAL NAME: Sociology Mind, Vol.1 No.1,
January
28,
2011
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.