Excavations at Kaya Bate: An Ancient Mijikenda Settlement

Herman Kiriama, Mohammed Mchulla, George Ghandi, Phillip Wanyama

Abstract


Kayas are forested hilltop settlements of the Bantu speaking Mijikenda of coast Kenya. In their oral traditions, these groups claim that they settled in these areas from the mid 16th century. This paper is an attempt to trace archaeologically the establishment and settlement of these sacred places.


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