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This book is a compilation of oral histories about the movement of Luo and some Bantu-speaking peoples. It includes histories of many clans or ethnic groups, and how drought, warfare, disease, and competition over pastoral resources in western Kenya forced them to look for a land that they could call their own. Highly entertaining, the stories cross over from pre-colonial to post-colonial eras, with tales of fooling the colonial officers, winning battles and producing miracles. Although warriors and chiefs play a critical part in the stories so too do unlikely actors such as women, prophets, a

Bantu-speaking peoples -- Migrations. --- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Migrations. --- North Mara District (Tanzania) -- History -- Interviews. --- Oral history -- North Mara District (Tanzania) -- Translations into Swahili. --- Oral history -- North Mara District (Tanzania). --- Oral history --- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) --- Bantu-speaking peoples --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Migrations --- Migration, Internal --- History. --- Internal migration --- Mobility --- Bantus --- Migrations. --- North Mara District (Tanzania) --- History --- Dho Luo (African people) --- Jo Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) --- Kavirondo (Nilotic people) --- Luo (African people) --- Luo (Nilotic tribe) --- Ethnology --- Lwoo (African people) --- Oral biography --- Oral tradition --- Mfecane --- Methodology --- North Mara, Tanzania --- Tarime District (Tanzania) --- Population geography --- Internal migrants