2018年5月23日 · The Gusii settled in the Kisii highlands, while other culturally and linguistically related groups remained along the Lake Victoria Basin or, as the Kuria, settled in the lower savanna region at the Kenya-Tanzania border.

Gusii, a Bantu-speaking people who inhabit hills of western Kenya in an area between Lake Victoria and the Tanzanian border. The Gusii probably came to their present highlands from the Mount Elgon region some 500 years ago.

Once in the highlands, the Gusii consolidated themselves and got more united than ever before. They got ready to defend themselves against their enemies – the Kipsigis and Maasai. This they did in 1896 when the Osaosao battle took place and where all the Kipsigisi warriors were vanquished (Ochieng, 1974: 131).

Standing out defiantly at a public gathering in the Gusii highlands of west-ern Kenya in the waning days of 1948, Nashon Kamau and approximately fifty other men took a considerable risk, boldly declaring that they were outsiders and not members of the local Gusii community.

The Gusii, interchangeably referred to as the Abagusii or Kisii, are home and culturally interlinked with their homeland in Kenya, Gusiiland, as their foundation of purpose. Today’s Gusiiland, in the south-western part of Kenya, the nucleus of which is in present-day Kisii and Nyamira counties, also spreads out to parts of Kericho and Bomet ...

But the majority headed south to the present-day Gusii Highlands. They argued that it was easier for them to defend their homes on the high ridges of the highlands than on the rolling tableland of Kericho and Sotik.

The Gusii of Kenya: Social, Economic, Cultural, Political & Judicial Perspectives provides in-depth topical insights of the Gusii (also known as the Kisii) of Kenya. The book captures historical...

Gusiiland is located in western Kenya, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Lake Victoria. Abundant rainfall and very fertile soils have made Gusiiland one of the most productive agricultural areas in Kenya. Between 70 and 80 percent of the land can be cultivated.

The Gusii settled in the Kisii highlands, whereas other culturally and linguistically related groups remained along the Lake Victoria Basin or settled in the lower savanna region at the Kenya-Tanzania border (as did the Kuria, for example).