A history of the Kipsigis of western Kenya 1700 -1940
Abstract
This study is the result of research conducted during
the years 1973 and 1974. It is based on both written sources
and oral traditions collected during that period.
The work is divided into eleven chapters. The first chapter
is devoted to a survey of the existing literature on the subject,
outlining its major characteristics. Both those who trace
the origin of the Kipsigis to the north of Kenya and those who
see them as a society that has come about as a result of some
sort of evolution are agreed in this literature in tracing the
break up of one originally united group called Kalenjin. This
thesis departs from this tradition and asserts that the Kipsigis
as such, have not come from there. They have evolved where
they are to-day from various ethnic interactions. Thus the
origins of the society are diverse. The rest of the chapters,
except the conclusion, are devoted to various aspects of how
this came about
Citation
Ph.D ThesisSponsorhip
University Of NairobiPublisher
Department of History, University of Nairobi