Akiek

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Akiek are an Indigenous hunter-gatherer community of East Africa, closely related to the Okiek people and traditionally associated with forest-based livelihoods in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Africa
country Kenya
Tanzania
culturalAssociation forest-based livelihoods
culturalIdentity forest people
culturalPractice honey-based rituals
culturalRegion Mau Forest area (Kenya) NERFINISHED
Mount Elgon area (broader Okiek/Akiek context)
demographicStatus small population
ethnogenesisRegion East Africa NERFINISHED
foodSource honey
wild fruits and roots
wild game
hasNeighboringGroup Kalenjin peoples NERFINISHED
Kikuyu NERFINISHED
Maasai NERFINISHED
heritageType intangible cultural heritage
languageFamily Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED
lifestyle hunter-gatherer
minorityStatusIn Kenya NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
mobilityPattern semi-nomadic
recognizedAsIndigenousBy African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (context: hunter-gatherer/forest peoples in East Africa) NERFINISHED
region Great Rift Valley NERFINISHED
Rift Valley region of Kenya NERFINISHED
northern Tanzania
relatedEthnicGroup Okiek NERFINISHED
religion African traditional religion
rightsIssue access to forests
cultural preservation
land rights
socialOrganization clan-based
subjectTo pressures of cultural assimilation
subsistenceType foraging
threatenedBy deforestation
land dispossession
sedentarization policies
traditionalEconomy gathering
honey collecting
hunting
traditionalHabitat forest
traditionalHousing temporary forest shelters
traditionalKnowledge forest ecology
wild honey production
wildlife tracking

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