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This chapter examines the migration and settlement of Cushites who occupy vast parts of northern and parts of southern Kenya. Cushites belong to the cattle complex corridor of Africa, which stretches from Somalia in the East to Senegal in the West. The Cushites have not received adequate attention among historians. There are very few studies on the Cushitic political, social, economic, and cultural aspects. Many historians tend to focus on the Bantu and Nilotic migrations (Were & Wilson, 1972). The reasons for this are many.
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Amutabi, M.N. (2023). Cushitic Migration and Settlement in Kenya. In: Nasong'o, W.S., Amutabi, M.N., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Kenyan History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09487-3_4
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