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President Jomo Kenyatta was born in Ukambani!
hardwood
#41 Posted : Monday, February 26, 2018 12:00:26 PM
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Interesting that the kikuyu (and meru cousins) are the most north easterly bantus. They must have migrated from the south avoiding the nilotes - maasai.




They did!! I postulated that no bantu group easily permeated the nilotic belt heading eastwards... There are bantu people in South Sudan (West Equitoria) who moved from Congo and CAR but couldn't permeate the Dinka!



But the nilotic territory is quite tiny if you look at the africa map. Also bantu's being farmers needed areas with adequate rainfall - rainforest or highlands. They couldnt have been in competition with the nilotes grazing in the lowlands and rangelands eg maasai and other plain nilotes. Or those fishing around the lake and rivers (Luo). The only conflict would be with highland nilotes (kaleos). Thus the kaleo vs kikuyu, luhya, kisii conflicts that occur even today.

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#42 Posted : Monday, February 26, 2018 12:14:44 PM
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The bantu map more or less correlates with the rainfall/vegetation map of africa. The more the rain the greener a place is.
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Individual Bantu groups today often comprise millions of people. Among these are the Ndebele and Shona of Zimbabwe with 14.2 million people; the Luba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with over 13.5 million people; the Zulu of South Africa, with over 10 million people; the Tiv of central Nigeria and Cameroon, with almost 10 million people; the Sukuma of Tanzania, with around eight million people; and the Kikuyu of Kenya, with over six million people.


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#43 Posted : Monday, February 26, 2018 12:37:43 PM
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The bantu territory extends up to southern somalia.... including kismayu.


http://www.persee.fr/doc...-2127_2003_num_19_1_1051
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#44 Posted : Monday, February 26, 2018 5:15:28 PM
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The Eastern Bantu are said to have approached Kenya from the south eastern side around the Taita Taveta area. Some groups moved northwards to Shungwaya(north of River Tana) at which point there was another dispersal especially due to attacks from the Oromo
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