Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples

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The Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples are a closely related cluster of Bantu-speaking ethnic groups of central Kenya who share linguistic, cultural, and historical ties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gikuyu people 2
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples
ethnic group cluster
indigenous peoples of Africa
colonialHistory British Kenya
continent Africa
country Kenya
ethnolinguisticCluster Kikuyu–Embu–Meru languages
hasPart Embu people
Kikuyu people
Mbeere people
Meru people
Tharaka people
linked to: Meru people
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageFamilyBranch Niger–Congo languages
locatedIn central Kenya
majorModernReligions African independent churches
Christianity
participatedIn anti-colonial resistance in Kenya
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture
primaryLanguageGroup Gikuyu–Embu–Meru languages
region Mount Kenya region
linked to: Kenyan highlands
relatedEthnicGroups Kamba people
linked to: Akamba people

Mbeere people
Tharaka people
sharesCulturalTiesWith Embu people
Kikuyu people
Meru people
sharesHistoricalTiesWith Embu people
Kikuyu people
Meru people
sharesLinguisticTiesWith Embu people
Kikuyu people
Meru people
socialOrganization clan-based system
traditionalCrops bananas
beans
maize
sweet potatoes
yams
traditionalLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
traditionalSettlementPattern rural homesteads
traditionalSubsistence smallholder farming
traditionalSupremeDeity Ngai
usesLanguage Embu language
Kikuyu language
Meru language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kikuyu subgroupOf Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples
subject linked to: Gikuyu
East African art associatedWithPeople Gikuyu people
linked to: Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples
Thagichu languages ethnolinguisticGroup Gikuyu people
linked to: Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples