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UNINA9910460391203321 |
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Autore |
Zedekia Oloo Siso |
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Titolo |
Grasp the shield firmly, the journey is hard [[electronic resource] ] : a history of Luo and Bantu migrations to North Mara, (Tanzania) 1850-1950 / / Siso Zedekia Oloo; Jan Bender Shetler (editor) |
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Dar es Salaam, : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-00497-6 |
9786613004970 |
9987-08-130-4 |
9987-08-118-5 |
9987-10-242-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Migration, Internal - Tanzania |
Bantu-speaking peoples - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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actors such as women, prophets, a |
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