Shungwaya
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Shungwaya (also Singwaya) is an origin myth of the Mijikenda peoples.[1] Traditions known collectively as the Shungwaya Myth describe a series of migrations of Bantu peoples dating to the 16th-17th centuries from a region to the north of the Tana River. These Bantu migrants were held to have been speakers of Sabaki Bantu languages.[2] Other Bantu ethnic groups, smaller in number, are also suggested to have been part of the migration.[3] From Shungwaya, the Mount Kenya Bantu (Kamba, Kikuyu, Meru, Embu, and Mbeere) are then proposed to have migrated to the west of where they presently reside.[4]
References
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Further reading
- De Vere Allen, James (1993). Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture & the Shungwaya Phenomenon
