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Describe the migration and settlement of the Eastern Bantu speaking communities in Kenya up to 1800

      

Describe the migration and settlement of the Eastern Bantu speaking communities in Kenya up to 1800

  

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samuel
i) They migrated from the original home in the Congo basin and settled in Taita Hills area around Mt

Kilimanjaro by the 2nd Century AD

ii) Some of them later migrated northwards along the Coast to Shungwaya in present day Somali

These were the ancestors of Mijikenda, Pokomo and Taita

iii) The ancestors of the Mount Kenya groups moved into the interior along the Tana River

iv) From about 1450 the communities that had settled in Shungwaya were forced to disperse from the are due to external pressure from the Cushites

v) The ancestors of the Mijikenda and taita moved south and established their settlement along the Coast while those of the Pokomo migrated into the interior and settled along river Tana while the Ameru migrated to the slopes of Mt.Kenya
lemass answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 07:01


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