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El Molo
| Kalenjin
| Kamba
| Kikuyu
| Kisii
| Luhya
| Luo
| Maasai
| Meru
| Samburu
| Swahili
| Turkana
| Kikuyu |
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| Indigenous Group |
Kikuyu (Also known as: Gikuyu, Gikuyu, Kikuyu) |
| Location |
Kenya, Kiambu, Murang'a, Nyeri, and Kirinyaga districts, Central Province. North of Nairobi. |
| Estimated Population |
6,453,826 (1998, Peoplegroups) |
| Environment |
Forest / Highland / Mountain / Valley / Urban / Tropical |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal Husbandry / Trade / Paid Labor |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
Language
and Language
Family |
Gikuyu
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Kikuyu-Kamba (E.20)
Alternate names: Kikuyu, Gekoyo, Gigikuyu
Dialects: Southern Gikuyu (Kiambu, Southern Murang'a), Ndia (Southern Kirinyaga), Gichugu (Northern Kirinyaga), Mathira (Karatina), Northern Gikuyu (Northern Murang'a, Nyeri). Lexical similarity 73% with Embu, 70% with Chuka, 67% with Kamba, 63% with Meru. |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue : Gikuyu - A language of Kenya
Peoplegroups, Kikuyu
Wikipedia, Kikuyu
Joshua Project, Kikuyu, Gikuyu of Kenya
African Names, Kikuyu language
The Africa Guide, Kikuyu
Bluegecko, Kikuyu - Traditional Religion
Kenya photo gallery - photos of Kikuyu people by Frantisek Staud
International Third World Studies: The Silence of Women, The Voices of Women
Lands and Peoples Africa, Volume 1.grolier incorporated 1999
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| NGOs |
United Nations, Kenya
United Nations Development Programme ,Kenya
World Bank, Kenya
Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)
Kenya Human Rights Commission
Equality Now
UNEP- Environment Liaison Center Internacional (ELCI)
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