Dorobo (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
דורובו (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Dorobo (African people)
Name (Arabic)
دوروبو (شعب أفريقي)
Other forms of name
Andorobo (African people)
Il Torobo (African people)
Nderobo (African people)
Ndorobo (African people)
Torobo (African people)
Wandorobo (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Kenya
Ethnology Tanzania
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2846185
Library of congress: sh 85039114
Sources of Information
  • Kratz, C. Affecting performance, 1993.
  • African ethonyms:p. 152 (Dorobo (Okiek) Nandi family, Kenya, Tanzania)
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 65 (Dorobo (Andorobo, Asa, Ogiek, Okiek, Ndorobo, Wandorobo) Kenya)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 323 (Dorobo (Agiek, Okiek; Ndorobo, Nderobo, Torobo) Nandi family)
  • Wily, L. A consideration of strategies for settlement of the Okiek Dorobo, 1992.
  • Ethnologue, 2000:p. 141 (Okiek (Akiek, "Ndorobo"); Kenya and possibly Tanzania; "Ndorobo" is a derogatory cover term for several small hunter or forest groups, not linguistically related (El Molo, Yaaku, Okiek, Omotik)) p. 229 (Aramanik (Laramanik, "Ndorobo", "Dorobo"); Kisankasa, Mediak, and Mosiro are also called "Ndorobo")
  • Blackburn, R.H. Okiek, 1982:p. 1 (Okiek are a Kalenjin-speaking people; formerly hunters and gathers; mostly known as the Dorobo, a Swahili word from the Maasai term "il torobo," meaning poor people who have no cattle; Dorobo is also used for other hunters such as the Sanye, the Boni and Asa)