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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 3(6), pp. 295 - 300
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030602
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Environmental Adaptations and the Challenges on a Diaspora Group:Abanyole Emigrants in Lugari, Western Kenya
Donald O. Wandere *, Omar B. Egesah
Department of Anthropology, Moi University, Kenya
ABSTRACT
This paper is based on a comparative study between Abanyole of Western Kenya who dwell in the indigenous setting of Luanda Division of Emuhaya District, and those, who due to a number of factors, emigrated to a settlement scheme in Lugari Division of Lugari District. In the study, fieldwork, which involved a triangulated data collecting strategy, was carried out. The methods used in data collection included participant observation, key informant interviews, focused group discussions and questionnaires. This article discusses the political, social, and economic dynamics behind the emigration of Abanyole to the settlement schemes, Lugari in particular. It also examines the metamorphosis of the settlement scheme lands; from the initial expansive nature, to the current fragmented forms. In the final analysis, the paper looks at the emigrants' physical as well as the cultural adaptations to the new environment, and the latter's influences on the subsistence and socio-cultural lives of the said group. The study found out that the new social environment in Lugari 鈥� characteristically, a cultural melting pot 鈥� has greatly impinged on the core values, ethos and vernacular of the Abanyole emigrants.
KEYWORDS
Adaptation, Environment, Culture, Migration, Language
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Donald O. Wandere , Omar B. Egesah , "Environmental Adaptations and the Challenges on a Diaspora Group:Abanyole Emigrants in Lugari, Western Kenya," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 295 - 300, 2015. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030602.
(b). APA Format:
Donald O. Wandere , Omar B. Egesah (2015). Environmental Adaptations and the Challenges on a Diaspora Group:Abanyole Emigrants in Lugari, Western Kenya. Sociology and Anthropology, 3(6), 295 - 300. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2015.030602.