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Discuss the results of the Bantu migration into Kenya in the pre-colonial period.

Answer Text:
-Increased population in areas they settled.
-Increased warfare with neighbouring communities like Maasai and Luo.
-Spread of their agricultural knowledge and skills in Kenya for example, Kwavi Maasai started farming.
-Displacement of some communities like the Dorobo and Eastern Cushites.
-Increased cultural interaction for example, adoption of Age-set systems and circumcision from the Cushites.
-Assimilation/absorption of some communities they came into contact with like Cushites.
-Increased trading activities.