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Book chapter | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Okiek history |
Author: | Blackburn, R.H. |
Book title: | Kenya before 1900 |
Year: | 1978 |
Pages: | 53-83 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | Dorobo history ethnic groups |
Abstract: | The hunters and gatherers who call themselves Okiek and are so called by all other Kalenjin-speaking peoples are composed of as many as three dozen local groups inhabiting all the high forest regions of Kenya. They share recognizable common traits in cultural beliefs, social structure and technology, though most have been separated from each other for a long period of time and have adopted some characteristics of the tribes inhabiting the plains between them. This chapter deals with language, society and ecology of the groups on or adjacent to the Mau escarpment. Culturally, socially and technologically they have more similarities to the kalenjin peoples, especially Kipsigis, than to any other tribes. Where the Okiek came from or when, however, and to whom they are most closely related, genetically or culturally, remains still unknown. Bibliogr., maps, ref. |