1:10,000 scale (2 x
vertical exaggeration)
Participatory 3D Model of Cherangani Hills,
in Trans Nzoia, Marakwet and West Pokot
Districts of Rift Valley Province,
Kenya
(August, 2007).
Note: The model
(576 km2)
has been the second Participatory 3D Model constructed in
Africa.
A total of 65 representatives from 13
sub-tribes attended the training. These included the
following: Kaplema, Kamengetiony, Kipsirat, Kapteeteke,
Kapsormwei, Kimarich, Kaasango, Kaptapkitiny, Kapkutung,
Kapchongwony, Kaptokom, Kapumpo and Kapchepar.
Elders populated the
model with their memories and reconstructed the present
landscape.
Sengwer is an indigenous group of the
Nilotic descent. They speak Sengwer language which is
closer to that of Sabaot and Keiyo communities. They
live on hunting, gathering and a bit of farming. The
Sengwer are hunter-gatherer people. The community
members are distributed within their ancestral
boundaries into three administrative districts of the
Rift Valley province in Kenya: Trans Nzoia, Marakwet and
West Pokot.
The Sengwer mapping has been a follow on
the highly
successful mapping of the Mau Forest Escarpment by the
Ogiek people of Nessuit (2006)
More about the
Sengwer Peoples
Recommended readings:
Muchemi J., Crawhall N., Pedone
G. Koinante J. Kiptum Y. Kuria K. 2009.
Kenya case study: Participatory 3-Dimensional
Modelling; published in
African Indigenous Peoples’ Workshop on
effective use of Information Communication
Technology (ICTs) in environmental advocacy,
IPACC/CTA, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kiptum Y. and Odhiambo C, 2007.
Safeguarding Sengwer Territory, Land, Culture &
Natural Resources: Participatory 3-Dimensional
Modelling of the Cherangany Hills, Kenya
