Meru people

E351181

The Meru 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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Meru people canonical 15
Tharaka people 2
Mount Kenya peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ameru ⓘ
cashCrops coffee ⓘ
miraa ⓘ
tea ⓘ
colonialHistory came under British colonial rule ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
culturalPractice circumcision ceremonies ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kenya ⓘ
language Kimeru ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn central Kenya ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Embu people ⓘ
Kamba people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Somali people ⓘ
oralTradition migration narratives ⓘ
origin myths linked to Mount Kenya ⓘ
postColonialStatus citizens of Kenya ⓘ
region Meru County ⓘ
Tharaka-Nithi County ⓘ
eastern slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
sacredGeography Mount Kenya ⓘ
sacred sites around Mount Kenya ⓘ
subgroup Chuka ⓘ
Igembe ⓘ
Imenti ⓘ
Muthambi ⓘ
Mwimbi ⓘ
linked to: Kimeru

Tharaka ⓘ
Tigania ⓘ
traditionalClothing beadwork ⓘ
leather garments ⓘ
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
yams ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
livestock keeping ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched huts ⓘ
traditionalLaw customary law ⓘ
traditionalLeadership council of elders ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in a supreme being called Murungu ⓘ
sacred groves and sites ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization age-set system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Embu language → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Mount Kenya peoples ⓘ
linked to: Meru people
Meru language → spokenBy → Meru people ⓘ
Meru → ethnicGroup → Meru people ⓘ
Embu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Meru people ⓘ
Meru County → namedAfter → Meru people ⓘ
Meru County → ethnicGroup → Meru people ⓘ
Martha Koome → ethnicGroup → Meru people ⓘ
Mount Kenya Bantu languages → usedBy → Meru people ⓘ
Mount Kenya Bantu languages → usedBy → Tharaka people ⓘ
linked to: Meru people
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples → hasPart → Tharaka people ⓘ
linked to: Meru people
Imenti dialect → ethnicGroup → Meru people ⓘ