Spear (1978: 52–53) provides a compilation of the six Giriama ‘clans’ (or what I prefer to call sections since they are not exogamous, though may once have been), and their constituent ‘sub-clans’ (or what I prefer to call clans, since they are usually the minimal units of exogamy nowadays). Spear's compilation is based on that of earlier writers, including Werner (1915: 326–354) and Champion (1967: 54–55). It differs only slightly from that of Brantley-Smith (1973:53). In 1966, I found Champion's compilation to be remarkably similar to the list of clans (i.e. Spear's sub-clans) independently cited by people in the area of Kaloleni where I carried out my first fieldwork, although younger people were, not surprisingly, less consistent than elders, especially as regards the relationship to each other both of the six sections and of the constituent clans. In Kayafungo location in 1985, during fieldwork there, I used Spear's list as a basis for reconstructing settlement patterns and movements, and here add comments alongside Spear's compilation. I also have extensive data on inter-clan marriage which, together with local people's own classification, indicate how much more variable are interrelations between clans than our lists have been able to indicate. In collecting such data, I merely asked people what their and their spouses' clans were.