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What were the results of migration and settlement of the Abaluhya in western Kenya by 1800 AD?

Explain the results of migration and settlement of the Abaluhya in western Kenya by 1800 AD.

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John
1. Increase in volume of trade with their neighbours

2. Brought about inter-community conflicts and wars over land for cultivation and grazing

3. The Nilotes learnt the Knowledge of iron smelting from the Abaluyha

4. Intermarriage with their neigbours e.g the Nandi resulting to a new dialect, the Teriki

5. Cultural borrowing and adoption e.g. the Abaluhya adopted the Kalenjin system of initiation and age-set

6. Cultural borrowing and adoption e.g Abaluyha adopted the Kalenjin system of intiation and age set

johnmulu answered the question on January 27, 2017 at 13:52

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