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(a) Apart from the Ameru, name other communities that are classified as eastern Bantu. (b) Explain the results of the migration and settlement of the eastern...

(a) Apart from the Ameru, name other communities that are classified as eastern Bantu.
(b) Explain the results of the migration and settlement of the eastern Bantu in their present Area.

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johnson
a)
•Aembu
•Agikuyu
•Akamba
(b)
•Assimilated the original inhabitants i.e the Gumba, Athi.
•Trade increased between the eastern Bantu communities and the neighbours. E.g Oromo
•There was conflicts between the eastern Bantus groups and the neighbours
•Trade increased between the eastern Bantu communities and their neighbours e.g the Cushitic communities and the maasai
•There was intermarriage between eastern Bantu groups with the neighbours such as the maasai and the Cushitic groups.
•It led to cultural interaction in which the Agikuyu acquired iron smelting from the Gumba.
•Their migration led to displacement and redistribution of people in the area where they settled e.g Okiek
•Led to increase of population in the area they settled.
johnson mwenjera answered the question on February 28, 2018 at 15:50

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