| Description |
1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of informants interviewed by Zedekia Oloo Siso (1979-99); List of Photographs; Attributes of Ethnic Groups, Tarime, North Mara, 2007; Editor's Introduction; INTRODUCTION; WASURWA; SURWA; WAIRIENYI (WASIMBITI); IRIENYI (SIMBITI); WAKIROBA; KIROBA; WASWETA; SWETA; WAHACHA; HACHA; WATEGI; TEGI; RIERI; WAKAKSERU (KISERU); KAKSERU (KISERU); WAKAGWA; KAGWA; WAKAMAGETA; KAMAGETA; WALOWA (WATURI); LOWA (TURI); WAGIRE; GIRE; KOWAK; Back Cover |
| Summary |
This book is a compilation of oral histories about the movement of Luo and some Bantu-speaking peoples. It includes histories of many clans or ethnic groups, and how drought, warfare, disease, and competition over pastoral resources in western Kenya forced them to look for a land that they could call their own. Highly entertaining, the stories cross over from pre-colonial to post-colonial eras, with tales of fooling the colonial officers, winning battles and producing miracles. Although warriors and chiefs play a critical part in the stories so too do unlikely actors such as women, prophets, a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bantu-speaking peoples -- History
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Migration, Internal -- Tanzania
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Bantu-speaking peoples
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Migration, Internal
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Tanzania
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bender, Jan Shelter
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| ISBN |
9789987081301 |
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9987081304 |
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