Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples

E917000

Bantu peoples ethnic group cluster indigenous peoples of Africa

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gikuyu people	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu peoples ⓘ ethnic group cluster ⓘ indigenous peoples of Africa ⓘ
colonialHistory	British Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCluster	Kikuyu–Embu–Meru languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbeere people NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
kinshipSystem	patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch	Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	central Kenya ⓘ
majorModernReligions	African independent churches ⓘ Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	anti-colonial resistance in Kenya ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities	agriculture ⓘ
primaryLanguageGroup	Gikuyu–Embu–Meru languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups	Kamba people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbeere people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesCulturalTiesWith	Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesHistoricalTiesWith	Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesLinguisticTiesWith	Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru people ⓘ
socialOrganization	clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalCrops	bananas ⓘ beans ⓘ maize ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ yams ⓘ
traditionalLivestock	cattle ⓘ goats ⓘ sheep ⓘ
traditionalReligion	African traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSettlementPattern	rural homesteads ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	smallholder farming ⓘ
traditionalSupremeDeity	Ngai NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesLanguage	Embu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru language ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Gikuyu → subgroupOf → Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Kikuyu

East African art → associatedWithPeople → Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gikuyu people