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Maina (name)
Maina is a name with multiple independent origins. Maina is a name of Age set, age sets among some East African communities (mostly Bantu peoples, Bantu). To a lesser extent it is used as a name among the Kisii people, Abagusii (or Bantu Kosova) ethnic group. It is an Italian language, Italian surname that belongs to the region of the Italian Alps, as well as a Latvian language personal name, descended from the Finnish language ''Maini''. Maina/Moyna/Mayna is an Assamese language, Assamese nickname in India. Maina/Mena/Meena/Mina is an Indian tribe. In the Philippines, girls born on the first of May are sometimes named Mayna. Nigeria *Maina Maaji Lawan (born 1954), former Nigerian politician, CEO of Dansarki Farms *Adamu Maina Waziri (born 1952), Nigerian politician and Minister of Police Affairs *Hajiya Zainab Maina (born 1948), Nigerian politician and Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development *Mohammed Maina, Nigerian politician and former governor of Borno State Keny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Set
In anthropology, an age set is a social category or corporate social group, consisting of people of similar age, who have a common identity, maintain close ties over a prolonged period, and together pass through a series of age-related statuses. This is in contrast to an age grade, through which people pass individually over time. While a year group or class in a school could be regarded as a simple example of an age set (e.g. 'Class of 2004'), the term is most commonly used to refer to systems in tribal societies. The phenomenon is most prevalent in East Africa, central Brazil and parts of New Guinea, where in many societies the importance of social groupings based on age eclipses that of social groupings based on kinship and descent. Age sets in these societies are formed by the periodic grouping together of young people—usually men—into a corporate unit with a name and a collective identity. As its members age the set stays together and increases in seniority as olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |