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Bookmark or Share- Kikuyu People Timeline - World History EncyclopediaThe Kikuyu people (aka Gikuyu or Agikuyu) are a Bantu-speaking people who occupied territory in what is today central Kenya in East Africa from the 17th century onwards. They established themselves primarily as agriculturalists around Mount Kenya and the Highlands.
- Kikuyu: History, Religious Systems, and Rituals | SpringerLinkThe Kikuyu believe in one infinite, supreme, supernatural, and invisible God, Ngai or Murungu. He is said to reside in the sky and on four sacred mountains in Kikuyu territory. God is also referred to as Mwene Nyaga, possessor of whiteness. This is in reference to his abode on the snowy Mt. Kenya, the key sacred mountain.
- The Kikuyu Community of Kenya — Google Arts & CultureThe Kikuyu (also known as Agikuyu) are a central Bantu community. They share common ancestry with the Embu, Kamba, Tharaka, Meru and Mbeere. Traditionally they inhabited the area around Mount...
- Kikuyu | History, Culture & Language | BritannicaKikuyu, Bantu-speaking people who live in the highland area of south-central Kenya, near Mount Kenya. In the late 20th century the Kikuyu numbered more than 4,400,000 and formed the largest ethnic group in Kenya, approximately 20 percent of the total population. Their own name for themselves is Gikuyu, or Agikuyu.
- Gikuyu (Kikuyu) People of Kenya - African Studies - Oxford BibliographiesIntroduction. As with other peoples in Africa, the Gikuyu—also spelled Kikuyu—comprise people of different origins. The 10 million Gikuyu (22 percent of the Kenyan population) live mainly in central Kenya, Rift Valley, as well as in Nairobi. They belong to a northeastern Bantu-speaking group.
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