Bantu Cultural and Linguistic Shift on Contact with Nilotic Luo: A Case Study of Languages around Lake Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorShivachi, Caleb
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-15T11:17:48Z
dc.date.available2016-04-15T11:17:48Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Disparities in developing countries types, challenges and the way forward fourth international conference proceedings of the association of third world studies, inc. Kenya Chapter, held at Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya, September 17th to 19th, 2003en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Luo are Nilotic peoples and as they came into contact with the lacustrine Bantu namely; Gusii Kuria, Suba and Luhyia, alongside process of cultural and linguistic shift took place at the expense of bantu speakers. Once in contact the one time Bantu speakers changed over to become Luo speakers and generally the former would fee offended in reminded of their Bantu origins. This paper surveys the cultures particularly of the Luo speakers inorder to find pointers as to why the bantu willingly, so to speak, abandoned their cultures and languages in preference to Luo. No other indigenous language in Kenya other than Kiswahili seems to have influenced so many others as Luo did. In most cases some of the languages and dialects referred to in this research have disappeared others are in the process of shift and yet others are barely surviving the process of shift to Luo. Ironically the Bantu groups involved in contact with Luo attribute their cultural and linguistic shift to"Luo arrogance". The research will attempt to give reasons for shift and illustrate some of the linguistic processes of shift.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCultural Council of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Text book Centre, Inter-University Council for East Africa and HACO Industries.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/14580
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.titleBantu Cultural and Linguistic Shift on Contact with Nilotic Luo: A Case Study of Languages around Lake Victoriaen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
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