, ▁who ▁were ▁h unter - g ather ers ▁in ▁the ▁past , ▁adopted ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁at ten u ated ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁identical ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁past oral ▁S amb uru ▁when ▁they ▁became ▁agricult ural ists . ▁The ▁same ▁custom ▁also ▁prev ails ▁among ▁some ▁other ▁pe op les , ▁like ▁the ▁El ge yo ▁and ▁Ma as ai ▁in ▁Ken ya , ▁or ▁the ▁Nu pe ▁of ▁Niger ia ▁and ▁Niger . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Am h ara ▁in ▁Eth iop ia ▁divide ▁their ▁property ▁between ▁all ▁sons , ▁however ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁is ▁pract ised ▁in ▁some ▁regions . ▁F av oring ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁is ▁also ▁common ▁among ▁the ▁D ink a ▁in ▁South ▁Sud an . ▁Among ▁the ▁Sh ona ▁of ▁Z imb ab we ▁and ▁Moz amb ique , ▁the ▁oldest ▁son ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁inherit ▁and ▁gets ▁the ▁best ▁piece ▁of ▁the ▁land . ▁The ▁oldest ▁accounts ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ona ▁mention ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁as ▁their ▁inheritance ▁custom , ▁with ▁the ▁oldest ▁son ▁of ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁dece ased ' s ▁w ives ▁becoming ▁the ▁main ▁he ir . ▁The ▁wid ow ▁was ▁inherited ▁by ▁her ▁hus b ands ▁brother ▁but ▁could ▁choose ▁not ▁to ▁be . ▁ ▁Systems ▁of ▁social ▁strat ification ▁ ▁D etailed ▁anth rop ological ▁and ▁soci ological ▁studies ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁about ▁custom s ▁of ▁pat ril ine al ▁inheritance , ▁where ▁only ▁male ▁children ▁can ▁inherit