to understand the past of the communities concerned, but to prove their theories (Herbich 1988; Hodder 1982, 1986).

Herman Ogoti Kiriama

See also

Africa, East, Prehistory; Africa, Horn of; Africa, South, Prehistory; Swahili Coast of Africa

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