Grasp the shield firmly, the journey is hard : a history of Luo and Bantu migrations to North Mara, (Tanzania) 1850-1950 / Siso Zedekia Oloo; Jan Bender Shetler (editor).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zedekia Oloo, Siso.

Contributor:

Shetler, Jan Bender.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Tanzania.

Migration, Internal.

Bantu-speaking peoples--History.

Bantu-speaking peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-00497-6

9786613004970

9987-08-130-4

9987-08-118-5

9987-10-242-5

OCLC:

830166637