Somali egalitarianism coexists with a stigmatized sab caste

Evidence

It must at once be added, however, that this markedly unstratified traditional political system does recognize a subordinate category of people known as sab who fulfil such specialized and to the nomad degrading tasks as hunting, leather- and metal-working, and haircutting. The sab who practise these occupations form a minute fraction of the total population and, traditionally, were separated from other Somali by restrictions on marriage and commensality. Today the enfranchisement of these Midgans, Tumals, and Yibirs, is far advanced and most of their traditional disabilities are disappearing. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Somali pastoral society governs democratically without hierarchical chiefs; Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66; Somali genealogies explain Sab-Samale differences through ancestor characters (+7 more)

Related

• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste (similarity 0.95)
• Somali pastoral society governs democratically without hierarchical chiefs (similarity 0.90)
• Southern Sab cultivate a stratified three-class landholding society (similarity 0.83)
• Caste structurally denies entitlement to land, wealth, knowledge and opportunity (similarity 0.83)
• Graded inequality makes every caste level invested in preserving the hierarchy (similarity 0.82)
• Somali genealogies explain Sab-Samale differences through ancestor characters (similarity 0.82)
• Pastoral Somali governance is democratic almost to the point of anarchy (similarity 0.81)
• Somali pastoral democracy trained every man as a skilled politician (similarity 0.80)
• Somali nationalism drew strength from a democratic pastoral political tradition (similarity 0.78)
• Somali sultans were honorific figureheads rather than powerful rulers (similarity 0.78)
• Siyad’s personality cult contradicted traditional Somali egalitarian nomadic culture (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Somali egalitarian pastoralism still stratified an outcast sab caste #corroborates (0.95) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 66
• Somali genealogies explain Sab-Samale differences through ancestor characters #expands (0.70)