Embu people

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The Embu people are a Bantu ethnic group of central Kenya whose identity, traditions, and spiritual life are closely tied to the landscapes and sacred sites around Mount Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
Embu people canonical 18

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalZone highland farming zone around Mount Kenya ⓘ
cashCrop coffee ⓘ
tea ⓘ
colonialHistory subject to British colonial rule ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalArea Mount Kenya region ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
demographicClassification indigenous peoples of Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Kenya ⓘ
initiationRite age-set system ⓘ
circumcision ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
language Embu language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
nationality Kenyan ⓘ
primaryResidence Embu County ⓘ
Kirinyaga County ⓘ
Tharaka-Nithi County ⓘ
region Central Kenya ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kamba people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Mbeere people ⓘ
linked to: Luhya people

Meru people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
resistanceHistory participation in Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
sacredLandscape Mount Kenya ⓘ
socialOrganization clans ⓘ
spiritualPractice rituals at sacred sites ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
stapleFood bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalArt basketry ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
livestock keeping ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Embu County ⓘ
slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalLeadership council of elders ⓘ
traditionalMusic dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script for Embu language ⓘ

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