Movement, Settlement And Population In Eastern Africa - Social Studies CBC Grade 6 Notes

• Effects Of The Migration And Settlements Of Selected Language Groups In Eastern Africa
• Unity Of Language Groups In Eastern Africa
• Population Distribution In Eastern Africa
  
  • Factors That Influence Population Distribution In Eastern Africa
  • Population Density In Eastern Africa
  • Effects Of High Population Density In Eastern Africa

Effects Of The Migration And Settlements Of Selected Language Groups In Eastern Africa

1. Displacement of smaller communities
   
   • Agikuyu displaced gumba and athi in central kenya
   • Abagusii displaced by luo and kalenjins
   • Bantu displaced by galla from shungwaya
2. Conflicts between communities
   
   • Abagusii and the luo
   • Galla and bantu
   • Ngoni and the people of southern Tanzania
3. Population increase
4. Intermarriage between communities
5. Adoption of economic practises among communities
   e.g.bantu learnt cattle keeping from nilotes and cushites learnt cultivation from the Bantus
6. Introduction of new items of trade
7. Borrowing of different words led to development of new languages
8. Borrowing of cultural practises
   • Bantu borrowed circumcision from the cushites
   • Bantus borrowed age-set systems from the cushites

Unity Of Language Groups In Eastern Africa

1. Intermarriage
2. Trade activities
3. Education for all
4.  Cultural interaction
5. Living peacefully

Population Distribution In Eastern Africa

• Population refers to the number of people living in a given place
• Population distribution refers to how people are spread over in an area
• Population of eastern Africa is not evenly distributed
• Some areas are;
  
  1. Sparsely populated
  2. Medium/moderately populated
  3.  Densely populated

Factors That Influence Population Distribution In Eastern Africa

1. Climate i.e. rainfall and temperature
2. Soils
3. Relief
4. Drainage
5. Economic activities
6.  Vegetation
7. Government policy
8. Pests and diseases
9. Political factors(security)

Population Density In Eastern Africa

Population density is the number of people living in a square km

Densely Populated Areas Of Eastern Africa

1. The highlands region
2. The lake basin
3. Major towns and cities
4. Coastal areas of Kenya and Tanzania
5. Rwanda
6. Mining areas

Sparsely Populated Areas Of Eastern Africa

1. North Eastern Uganda
2. Central and Northern Tanzania
3. Southern and Western Ethiopia
4. Large parts of Eritrea
5. North Eastern Kenya
6. Most of Somalia
7. Mountain tops
8. Flood plains
9. Northern Sudan

Effects Of High Population Density In Eastern Africa

There is high population density in most towns of eastern Africa.

Negative Effects

• Food shortage
• Low standards of living and growth of slums
• Inadequate social amenities
• Land fragmentation

Positive Effects

• Attracts investments
• Increase tax collection collected by the government
• Big markets for products
• Cheap labour