Economic change in late nineteenth century Kowe, Western Kenya

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Title:	Economic change in late nineteenth century Kowe, Western Kenya
Author:	Hay, M.J.
Book title:	Hadith 5: Economic and Social History of East Africa
Year:	1979
Pages:	92-109
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	Luo economic history
Abstract:	Evidence indicated that the stereotype of the Luo peasant as arch-conservative and strongly resistant to change is inaccurate and underserved. Experimentation and change were a constant feature of the economy in Kowe, a representative Luo sublocation, and the present paper examines this process in the 1890s, a particularly dynamic period in Kowe. Focus is on three aspects of the change that took place: the shifting balance between pastoralism and agriculture, changes in crops and technology, and the growth of markets and trade networks. Notes.