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Autore: | Zedekia Oloo Siso |
Titolo: | 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) |
Pubblicazione: | Dar es Salaam, : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
Disciplina: | 967.8 |
Soggetto topico: | Migration, Internal - Tanzania |
Bantu-speaking peoples - History | |
Altri autori: | ShetlerJan Bender |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Grasp the shield firmly, the journey is hard |
ISBN: | 1-283-00497-6 |
9786613004970 | |
9987-08-130-4 | |
9987-08-118-5 | |
9987-10-242-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809652103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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