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Periodical article Periodical article
Title:The Spatial Distribution of the Mijikenda Kaya Settlements on the Hinterland Kenya Coast
Author:Mutoro, H.W.
Year:1985
Periodical:Transafrican Journal of History
Volume:14
Pages:78-100
Geographic term:Kenya
Discipline:Geography
Subjects:Mijikenda - ethnic group
Kaya
Hinterland
Abstract:Examination of the factors that determined the location and distribution of the Mijikenda settlements (makaya) in the coastal hinterland of Kenya. Using two models borrowed from plant and human geography, the author shows that there was a tendency towards clustering on a regional scale, but that each settlement retained some degree of regular spacing between itself and its nearest neighbour. Agglomeration was greater after A.D. 1750 than before because of the 'budding off' effect by the mother makaya. The models are further used to determine the area with the highest potential interaction. The validity of this central place is supported by archaeological, documentary and oral evidence from the area. The Rabai-Ribe complex is found to be the central focus of activities on the Kenya coastal hinterland. (Journal Abstract).
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