International Journal of
Sociology and Anthropology

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Sociol. Anthropol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-988X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJSA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 334

Review of the Samburu: A study of gerontocracy, written by Paul Spencer in 1965

April-June 2024 - Vol 16 Num. 2

The justification for this research review is to investigate the societal structure of Samburu, focusing on their gerontocracy (age-set) administration system in northern Kenya, as studied by Paul Spencer, a British anthropologist who was immersed himself in the society structure during the 1960s. This review aims at...

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Review of the Samburu: A study of gerontocracy, written by Paul Spencer in 1965

April-June 2024

Shambel Tufa Telila

The heart of transformative operations: How to sustain institutional change

April-June 2024

Allan D. M. Bukusi

Critical analysis of music prohibition and permission in Islam

April-June 2024

Mussa Ame Mussa,

Rehabilitating street children: The great paradox

January-March 2024

Gabriel Julien  

Gender dynamics awareness in seed yam production, implications on food security: The case of community action for improving farmer saved seeds (CAY-seed) project

July-September 2023

Joyce Afua Sarpong Haleegoah, Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong, Bright Owusu Asante, Eric Henry Yeboah, Lydia Brobbey, Monica Opoku, Stella Ennin and Kingsley Osei

October 2014

An ethnographic study of Igbo naming ceremony (IBA NWA AFA)

Chinwe Miriam Agatha Nwoye

December 2013

Why American boys join street gangs

Stanley S. Taylor    

December 2013

The quest for gender equality and women’s empowerment in least developed countries: Policy and strategy implications for achieving millennium development goals in Ethiopia

G. S. Ogato    

October 2014

Gendered injustice: A comparative analysis of witchcraft beliefs and witchcraft-related violence in Ghana and Nepal

Mensah Adinkrah and Prakash Adhikari

October 2014

Ethno- medicine of Bhotia tribe in Mana village of Uttarakhand

Anjali Chauhan

September 2009

Social networks and livelihood of street children in Ibadan, Nigeria

Faloore Olutola Omiyinka

May 2010

Foreign official development assistance (ODA) and Ghana’s development: The case for ‘‘bringing culture back in’’ to the analysis

Nathan Andrews

May 2009

Ecological stress and deritualization in East Asia: Ritual practices during Dark Age phases

Daniel Sarabia and J. David Knottnerus

April-June 2024

Review of the Samburu: A study of gerontocracy, written by Paul Spencer in 1965

Shambel Tufa Telila

March 2010

Trafficking in women and children: A hidden health and social problem in Nigeria

S. Abdulraheem and A. R. Oladipo