Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, Moscow; 2) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Butovskaya Marina L., Ph.D., D.Sc., prof., ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5528-0519, e-mail: marina.butovskaya@gmail.com; Karelin D.V., e-mail: dkarelin@pochta.ru; Burkova V., e-mail: burkovav@gmail.com
This study analyzed the characteristics of the population of one of the poorest marginalized pastoralists in East Africa – Datoga of Northern Tanzania. Our data were collected during field research in Nothern Tanzania in 2006– 2010. In total, the sample for analysis was 688 people (358 female and 330 male) aged 6 to 90 years. Information on reproduction and survival, the main activities (pastoralism, blacksmithing, agriculture), the number and type of livestock has been obtained in the process of personal interviews. Our data of survival and reproductive characteristics of Datoga confirm their marginal position in modern Tanzania, and indicate an extremely hostile environment for this ethnic group in the region. Datoga practice the traditional model of marriage and reproduction in current condition of changes in the political and economic situation in the northern Tanzania.
anthropology, Datoga, pastoralists of East Africa, reproductive success, fertility, child mortality, welfare
Цит.: Butovskaya M.L., Karelin D.V., Burkova V.N. Traditional pastoralists of East Africa today: reproductive success, fertility, child mortality and welfare of Datoga of Nothern Tanzania // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2012; 4/2012; с. 70-83
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