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The Kikuyu (also Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to East Africa Central Kenya. At a population of 8,148,668 as of 2019, they account for 17.13% of the total population of Kenya , making them Kenya's largest ethnic group.
However, some large ethnic Somali clans are native to the area that used be known as NFD in Kenya. These people are not from Somalia but share the same ethnicity as the majority in Somalia. Most of them are herdsmen and have almost entirely adopted Islam. [29] Cushites are concentrated in the northernmost North Eastern Province, which borders ...
The larger of the individual Bantu groups have populations of several million, e.g. the Baganda [5] people of Uganda (5.5 million as of 2014), the Shona of Zimbabwe (17.6 million as of 2020), the Zulu of South Africa (14.2 million as of 2016), the Luba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (28.8 million as of 2010), the Sukuma of Tanzania (10 ...
[9]: 12–14 [10]: 7 In part of the Rift Valley region, Kikuyu communities settled in lands formerly inhabited by other ethnic groups, namely the Kalenjin and Maasai. [ 10 ] : 6–7 Ethnic patronage politics grew in post-colonial Kenya, as the state became the main vehicle for social and economic mobility in the race for resources and access to ...
Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) mostly refers to an ethnic group in Kenya or its associated language. It may also refer to: Kikuyu people, a majority ethnic group in Kenya; Kikuyu language, the language of Kikuyu people; Kikuyu, Kenya, a town in Central province in the Eastern African country; Kikuyu Central Association, a political organisation ...
This category is for individual people from the Kikuyu ethnic group. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. D. People of Kikuyu descent (2 C)
Kenyan Americans come from ethnic groups such as the Kikuyu, Kisii, Luhya,Maasai people[Maasai] Kamba, Kalenjin, Meru or Luo people. The largest populations of Kenyans in the United States are found in Texas , Minnesota , Washington , Southern California , Massachusetts , and Maryland (including the greater Washington, D.C. area.)
Kenyatta began to draw large crowds wherever he travelled in Kikuyuland, [186] and Kikuyu press began describing him as the "Saviour", "Great Elder", and "Hero of Our Race". [187] He was nevertheless aware that to achieve independence, KAU needed the support of other indigenous tribes and ethnic groups. [ 188 ]