Title 6 Social, Political and Education Systems - WazaElimu.com.pdf ✅

3 a. The Clan Organization. an was the organization, which involved combination of several related families with a common ancestor.  This consisted of the husband, wife/wives, children, grandparents and extended relatives Examples of Clan Organization in pre-colonial Africa Parts Societies - West Africa - Igbo - Tanzania - Sukuma - Kenya - Kikuyu Functions Of The Clan Head i. To distribute land to the communities or clan members. ii. To preserve traditions and customs of the clan. iii. To preserve land belonging to the clan. iv. To settle disputes and quarrels. v. To find wives for boys and husbands for girls. Characteristics of Clan Organization i. They had common rituals, taboos, and customs - The cultural characteristics helped create stability, strength and uniqueness of clans. ii. Clans or Kinships were self-governing - Had no rulers or Kings - The clan head and elders did not own major means of production iii. Their communities were small and simple - They depended on the level of economic and technological advancement iv. They sufficient land and lied in closely spaced clan units v. Family was basic unit of production - Land was major means of production and belonged with whole clan. - The tools/instruments of labor were belonged to the individual families wazaelimu.com