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Luhya Bibliography
Amolo, M.L.
Border Relations Between the Luo of Kisumu Location and the Luyia of Bunyore and South Maragoli Locations 1880-1963
BA Thesis, University of Nairobi, 1972
Angogo, Rachel Msimbi
Linguistic and Attitudinal Factors in the Maintenance of Luyia Group Identity
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Texas, Austin, 1980
Anon
Western Kenya Historical Texts
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Literature Bureau, 1967
Anyumba, H.O.
Contemporary Lyres in Eastern Africa
In African Musicology Vol.1, No.1 (eds.
Darkwa & W.A. Omondi). Nairobi, Kenya: Institute of African Studies, September 1983
Aswani, H.
Luhya (Bunyore) Oral Literature
In Taban lo Liyong (ed.), Popular Culture in East Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: Longman, 1972
Ayot, Henry Okello
History Texts of the Lake Region of East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1977
Barker, E.E.
A Short History of Nyanza
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Literature Bureau, 1950
Bode, C.F.
Leadership and Politics among the Abaluyia of Kenya 1894-1963
Yale University PhD thesis, 1978
Bode, Francis
Anti-Colonial Politics Within the Tribe: The Case of the Abaluyia
In A. Ojuka and R.W. Ochieng (eds), Politics and Leadership in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Literature Bureau, 1975
Bower, J.R.F.
Notes on the Archaeological Reconnaissance of Mt. Elgon, Kenya
In Azania IX, 1974
Burns, P.
The Trial by Ordeal Among the Bantu-Kavirondo
In Anthropos 5(19):808 (undated)
Burt, Eugene C.
Towards an Art History of the Baluyia of Western Kenya
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Washington, 1980
Chesoni, Z.R.
Divorce and Succession in Luyia Customary Law
East African Journal 4(12), 1968
Cohen, D.W.
The Historical Tradition of Busoga
Clarendon Press, OUP, 1972
Cory, H.
Pre-European tribal organizations in Musoma
Typescript in the library of the University of Dar es Salaam, 1945
Denyer, Dr. Frank
The Lyre in the Northern Kerio District
Nairobi, Kenya: Institute of African Studies seminar, 1980
Dundas, Kenneth R.
The Wawanga and Other Tribes of the Elgon District, British East Africa
In Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 43:19-75, 1913
Hobley, C.W.
Notes on a Journey Around Mt. Masawa
or Elgon
In Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol 9:178-185, 1897
Hobley, C.W.
Notes on a Journey Around Mt. Elgon - Nyanza 1896
In Geographical Journal Vol 6, 1897
Hobley, C.W.
Anthropological Studies in Kavirondo and Nandi
In The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 33 (July-December 1903)
Kelly, P. (ed)
The Abaluyia
Peoples of Kenya, Book 6, 1968
Kenny, Michael G.
The Stranger from the Lake: a theme in the history of the Lake Victoria shorelands
In Azania, XVII (1982)
Keya, Ruth N.
Bukusu Traditional Law of Marriage and Divorce in the Light of the Recommendation of the Commission on Law of Marriages and Divorces in Kenya
M.A. Thesis, University of Nairobi, 1975
Lusweti, B.M.W.
An Approach to the Study of the Bukusu Religion
Kenya Historical Review 2(2):243-249, 1974
Makila, F.E.
An Outline History of the Babukusu of Western Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1978
Makila, F.E. (ed)
Pan African Journal (Guest-edited issue on Bukusu oral literature including songs, riddles, folk tales, proverbs)
9(3):209-352, 1976
Malusa, J.
The Luyia Way of Death based on the Isukha People of Kakamega District
Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1978
Merritt, John Hilton
A Study of Change of Circumcision Rituals Among the Abaluyia of Bungoma and Kakamega District of Western Kenya Since 1900 AD
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Nairobi, 1976
Mirimo, A.
Luyia Sayings with an English Translation
Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1988
Nandwa, J.
Oral literature among the Abaluyia
MA. thesis, Literature Dept., University of Nairobi, 1976
Ochieng', William
An Outline History of Nyanza up to 1914
Nairobi, Kenya: East Africa Literature Bureau, 1974
Odak, Osaga
Kakapeli and Other recently Discovered Rock Paintings in the Western Highlands of Kenya
In Azania XII (1977), pp.187-92
Osogo, John
The Bride Who Wanted a Special Present and Other Tales from Western Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1966
Osogo, John
A History of the Baluyia
Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1966
Osogo, John
Life in Kenya in the Golden Days: The Baluyia
Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1965
Scully, R.T.K.
Fort Sites of East Bukusu
In Azania IV, 1969
Scully, R.T.K.
The Bantu "Prophets" of Mount Elgon
In Ethnos 35, 1970
Scully, R.T.K.
Bukusu History: Bakhone Clan Traditions
New York, USA: Oneonta, 1972?
Shizuni, Yokoo
Death among the Abaluyia
MA Thesis, Makerere University College, 1966
Simiyu, Vincent G.
Makers of Kenya's History: Elijah Masinde
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Educational Publishers, 1997
Wako, D.M.
The Western Abaluyia and their proverbs
Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Literature Bureau, 1985 (English version)
Wandibba, S. (ed.)
History and Culture in Western Kenya: The People of Bungoma District through Time
Nairobi, Kenya: G.S. Were Press, 1985
Were, Gideon S.
A History of the Abaluyia of Western Kenya: c. 1500-1930
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, 1967
Were, Gideon S.
Essays on African Religion in Western Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya: East African Literature Bureau, 1977
Whyte, S.R.
Cursing and Pollution: Supernatural Styles in Two Luyia Speaking Groups
In Folk 23:65-80, 1981
Whyte, S.R.
The Widow's Dream: Sex and Death in Western Kenya
In M. Jackson and I. Karp, Personhood and Agency: The Experience of Self and Other in African Cultures (Uppsala: Smithsonian, 1990)
Wolf, J.J. de
Differentiation and Integration in Western Kenya: A Study of Religious Innovation and Social Change among the Bukusu
The Hague, Netherlands: Mouton, 1977
Wolf, J.J. de
Local Leadership in Northwestern Bungoma District, Kenya
In Rural Africana 3:61-78, 1978
Wolf, Jan J. de
Bukusu Tales
Münster, Germany: Lit Verlag, 1995
Wright, Richard
A painted rock shelter on Mt Elgon, Kenya
In Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, Vol. XXVII (or XXVIII?), 1961
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Nabongo Mumia of the Baluyia
Osogo, John / East Afr. Publ. House / 1967
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A history of the Baluyia |
The Bantu of North Kavirondo ; *Vol. II*Economic life / ed. and prep. for publication by L.P. Mair
Günter Wagner (1908-1952) / Oxford U.P. for the International African Institute / 1956
The Bantu of North Kavirondo ; *Vol. I*
Günter Wagner (1908-1952) / Oxford U.P. for the International African Institute / 1949
The Bantu of North Kavirondo
Günter Wagner (1908-1952) / Oxford U.P. for the International African Institute / 1949-1956
The changing family among the Bantu Kavirondo
Günter Wagner (1908-1952) / Oxford University Press for the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures / 1939
Rural Rebels: Audrey Wipper and Dini ya Msambwa
Reviewed Work(s):
Rural Rebels: A Study of Two Protest Movements in Kenya by Audrey Wipper
Review author[s]: Paul Vermouth
The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 13, No. 2 (1980), pp. 313-323
doi:10.2307/218877
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