The Abasuba community in Kenya: Migration and settlement-The name “Suba” means “the people who are always wandering”.-The Suba migrated into their current locations beginning in the mid-1700s. They came from the region just west of Lake Victoria and settled on the islands.They migrated from Uganda and settled on the two Lake Victoria islands of Rusinga and Mfangano.-Linguistically, the Suba are highly influenced by the neighbouring Luo, to the point of a language shift having taken place among large portions of the mainland Suba. -The remaining speakers of the Suba language are mostly elderly residents on the island of Mfangano
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