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Title: | Aspects of Nandi society and culture in the nineteenth century |
Author: | Chirchir-Chuma, Kipketter |
Year: | 1975 |
Periodical: | Kenya Historical Review |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 85-95 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | Nandi (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) history ethnic groups |
Abstract: | Examines the Nandi history of the 19th century as told by the Nandi themselves, in the following sections: origins and probable migrations of the Nandi - religious structure of society and the role of the Orkoiyot - mining and agriculture - 19th century Nandi raids - what led to Nandi supremacy? - cattle and the 'Kaptich' system - the killing of the 'Orkoiyot', 1890 - Nandi contribution to Western Kenya history. Bibl. |