Kikuyu people

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The Kikuyu people are the largest ethnic group in Kenya, traditionally agriculturalists from the central highlands with a rich cultural heritage and Bantu language.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kikuyu people canonical 51
Kikuyu communities 1
Kikuyu society 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalProduct bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
maize ⓘ
potatoes ⓘ
tea ⓘ
clanSystem present ⓘ
colonialHistoryRole major participants in Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
cuisineDish githeri ⓘ
irio ⓘ
mukimo ⓘ
initiationRite circumcision ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
language Kikuyu language ⓘ
languageAutonym Gĩkũyũ ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityReligion Christianity ⓘ
nationalRole largest ethnic group in Kenya ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Embu people ⓘ
Kamba people ⓘ
Maasai people ⓘ
linked to: Maasai

Meru people ⓘ
notablePerson Jomo Kenyatta ⓘ
Mwai Kibaki ⓘ
Uhuru Kenyatta ⓘ
oralTradition folktales ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
populationMajorityIn Central Province of Kenya (former) ⓘ
populationSignificantIn Nairobi ⓘ
Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Rift Valley region
region Central Kenya ⓘ
Kenyan central highlands ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
sacredMountain Mount Kenya ⓘ
selfDesignation Agĩkũyũ ⓘ
linked to: Gĩkũyũ
singularForm Mũgĩkũyũ ⓘ
linked to: Gĩkũyũ
socialStructureFeature age sets ⓘ
traditionalDeity Ngai ⓘ
traditionalDress shukas and leather garments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy smallholder farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalInstrument gĩtũrũmiro (lyre-like instrument) ⓘ
traditionalMusic use of drums ⓘ
use of flutes ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Kikuyu traditional religion ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet for Kikuyu language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

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

Kikuyu → spokenBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kikuyu → ethnicGroupAssociated → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Mount Kenya → culturalSignificanceFor → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kikuyu highlands → inhabitedBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Ngethe Njoroge → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Nyeri dialect → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kikuyu → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
subject linked to: Gikuyu
Gĩkũyũ → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kikuyu language → spokenBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kirinyaga → usedBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kirinyaga → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kirinyaga → hasSpiritualSignificanceFor → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kirinyaga → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kirinyaga → partOfCulturalHeritageOf → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Meru people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Embu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kenyan → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Njeeri wa Ngũgĩ → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Nyeri, Kenya → ethnicMajority → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Wangari → isAssociatedWithEthnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Nyeri County → ethnicGroupMajority → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Johnstone Kamau → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Facing Mount Kenya → mainSubject → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Facing Mount Kenya → mainSubject → Kikuyu society ⓘ
linked to: Kikuyu people
Grace Wahu → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Ngina Kenyatta → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Othaya Constituency → ethnicMajority → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kikuyu → ethnicMajority → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Murang’a County → ethnicMajority → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kisii people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Trans Nzoia County → inhabitedBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
British Empire in Kenya region → expropriatedLandFrom → Kikuyu communities ⓘ
linked to: Kikuyu people
gĩtũrũmiro → usedBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
gĩtũrũmiro → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Kĩrĩnyaga → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Mount Kenya Bantu languages → usedBy → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Murang’a → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Murang’a → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Kikuyu people ⓘ
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples → hasPart → Kikuyu people ⓘ