Discuss five effects of migration and settlement of the Plain Nilotes during the Pre-colonial period.
Answer:
- They displaced some communities that they found in areas that they settled
- Their settlement led to increased population in the region.
- They intermarried with their neighbors. This strengthened their relations
- Some section of the Maasai (Kwavi) became cultivators/assimilated
- There was ethnic conflict due to cattle raids/settlement.
- There was borrowing/exchange of cultural practices among the communities.
- There was increased trade between the Maasai and their neighbors
- They influenced the socio-political organization of the Nandi who created the institution of Orkoyoit similar to Oloibon of the Maasai.