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foivsts (.f Ki|u;ilnrial Alrini wlii.^li in IIkw (biys s1 ivtclinl Iroiu tli<' NvrMcni 

 >loi,(v-. ,.f till' Niiiiili l■;^(■n^pni^lll vi^lil ncioss 1lic Coiin.i liasiii \o the 

 Atlaiilir Orraii. Tlir r.iisliiucii --1 1 !«■ tlir I'v-mirs ill Ea,-1.T,i Africa— Were 

 cxtrnniiiatcd with soiiK'thiiio- apiiruacliiiii; coin[il.'tcia-ss l.v the Jlaniltic 

 iiivadrr-, ,.f .\..rtli-Ea-.1 Africa, tli<.iigli traces ..f ili-'in still exist in the 



nein-hl.nurlioo.l ,.,(■ ]v,k,' Stephanie (the D-iko 1 1'le). V'Ut \:rUyeen 



(iahiland eu the Hurt h and (.'ape Celeny on the south we have some 



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evidence oi' their a.lisorption hy the Is'ilotic and liantii Neer(]es in the 

 ]'e\'eisi()ns to their tvpe which (leCLir anions all the East African jieoples. 

 The Jlnttelildts Were no doilht the result of a fllsioH jetweeu the 

 lliishnieii-l'sHniies and a siipeiaoi' rsegi'o race somewhere in East Africa,. 

 They, too, were fijrceil to Hee hefoie the imjiact of stixiiiger trihes, but 

 when they folh.iWcd on the heels of their I'u^hniell ] jl edecessors they 

 liroueht with them the ( px and sheep as (lome>tic animals, and some 

 traces (?) of linguistic affinity with the JIamitic group of la)iguages. 



