Explain the effects of the migration and settlement of the Mijikenda in their present homeland
Answer:
- They intermarried with other groups thereby strengthening their relationships.
- There was cultural exchange due to their interaction with other people/assimilation/absorption.
- There was an increase in population in the areas they settled in.
- There were intercommunity conflicts/wars in the areas they settled.
- It caused redistribution of people in the areas they settled leading to further migration/displacement.
- Some were converted to Islam due to their interaction with the Arabs.
- It led to establishment of Kaya/villages which people were fortified in order to protect themselves against external attacks.