Mtoko

Mtoko lies among granite hills in the country of the Budya people. Their traditions remember a struggle between Makate, associated with the stone-walled settlement of Tere, and Nehoreka, who came from the north. Nehoreka's sister Chingate married Makate and discovered the source of his protective charms. Once she had taken them away, Nehoreka was able to defeat him. The story preserves memories of changing leadership in a landscape of rocky heights and old stone enclosures.