Discuss the economic organization of the Abagusii in the 19th century.
Answer:
- They practiced crop cultivation where they grew crops such as millet, sorghum and yams.
- Livestock keeping - they kept animals like cattle, sheep and goats that provided them with skins, milk and meat.
- The Abagusii traded with their neighbours like the Maasai and the Luo
- Iron working - they made iron implements like spears, arrow, and knives which they used and the rest they used as trade items
- Hunting and gathering - they hunted will animals and gathered wild fruits and herbs to supplement their food.
- They raided their neighbours for cattle.
- Pottery and basketry, they made pots and baskets. Of which they used some and the rest they exchanged in trade.