gada

sociology

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In Ethiopia: Challenge, revival, and decline (16th–19th century)
…an “age-set” system known as gada, in which all males born into an eight-year generation moved together through all the stages of life. The warrior classes (luba) raided and rustled in order to prove themselves, and in the 16th century they began to undertake long-distance expeditions, availing themselves of the…
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