- The
Loikop people, also
known as Wakuafi, Kor, Mu-Oko, Muoko/Ma-Uoko and Mwoko, were a
tribal confederacy who
inhabited present-day
Kenya in the regions...
-
collapse during the
first Mutai.
Occupying the
eastern highlands were the
Loikop communities.
Their territory stretched north and west of
Mount Kenya, and...
-
traditions recorded by
MacDonald (1899), the
expansion of
early Eloegop (
Loikop)
communities into a
society occurred from a base east of Lake
Turkana on...
- a stick,
which he
placed in the
Loikop cattle kraals, with the
result that they all died."
After defeating the
Loikop, a
settlement was
established at...
- also keep sheep,
goats and camels. They
refer to
themselves as
Lokop or
Loikop, a term with
varied interpretations among the Samburu. Some
believe it means...
-
expansion of
Loikop territory from a base east of Lake Turkana. This
expansion led to the
development of
three groupings within Loikop society. The Samburu...
-
supposed to be a
corrupted version of 'El-oigob'"(i.e.
Loikop). He also
noted that the term
Loikop at the time
implied settled residence. In
another account...
- of
increasing power for the 'old
Laikipia Maasai' whom he
calls Loikop. As to the
Loikop, they seem to have
become very powerful, and
their raids are alleged...
-
referred to a Kalenjin-speaking community,
portions of the Maa-speaking
Loikop communities since (at least) the mid-19th century, and to the Kalenjin-speaking...
-
Loikop society fragmented as it
expanded from a
territory located east of Lake Turkana. This led to the
development of
three groupings within Loikop society...
