Decisions in the Shade: Political and Juridical Processes Among the Oromo-Borana (Horn of Africa)

Due to the debate that has developed around the political significance of their Gada system of generational classes, the Oromo-Borana (a pastoral people living in Ethiopia and Kenya) have become a classic reference of comparative anthropology. In this study the author looks at the subject from the point of view of the dynamics that characterize Borana decision-making, brought to light through rigorous ethnographic investigation