Explain five results of the settlement of the Cushites in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.

Results of the settlement of the Cushites in Kenya during the pre-colonial period.

• The cushites came with their own livestock and so encouraged livestock farming in areas where they settled.
• Their settlement led to increased rivalry and conflicts for ownership of land
• Some cushites who had been converted to Islam spread the religion in the areas where they settled.
• The cushites attacked the Eastern Bantu communities who had settled at shungwaya, and forced them to move to their present homeland in Kenya.
• The cushites intermarried with the communities they found in the areas where they settled.

• The cushites attacked the Eastern Bantu communities who had settled at shungwaya, and forced them to move to their present homeland in Kenya.
• The cushites intermarried with the communities they found in the areas where they settled in Kenya. (There was increase in population)
• Trade developed between the cushites and the example they exchanged livestock products such as milk and butter with the Bantu and in return they obtained grains from the Bantu.
• The Bantu borrowed some to the cultural practices of the cushites e.g. Circumcision.
• Cushites learnt mixed farming

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