Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples

E917000

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gikuyu people 2
Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
ethnic group cluster ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Africa ⓘ
colonialHistory British Kenya ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticCluster Kikuyu–Embu–Meru languages ⓘ
hasPart Embu people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Mbeere people ⓘ
Meru people ⓘ
Tharaka people ⓘ
linked to: Meru people
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locatedIn central Kenya ⓘ
majorModernReligions African independent churches ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
participatedIn anti-colonial resistance in Kenya ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture ⓘ
primaryLanguageGroup Gikuyu–Embu–Meru languages ⓘ
region Mount Kenya region ⓘ
linked to: Kenyan highlands
relatedEthnicGroups Kamba people ⓘ
linked to: Akamba people

Mbeere people ⓘ
Tharaka people ⓘ
sharesCulturalTiesWith Embu people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Meru people ⓘ
sharesHistoricalTiesWith Embu people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Meru people ⓘ
sharesLinguisticTiesWith Embu people ⓘ
Kikuyu people ⓘ
Meru people ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
yams ⓘ
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSettlementPattern rural homesteads ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence smallholder farming ⓘ
traditionalSupremeDeity Ngai ⓘ
usesLanguage Embu language ⓘ
Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Kikuyu → subgroupOf → Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Gikuyu
East African art → associatedWithPeople → Gikuyu people ⓘ
linked to: Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples
Thagichu languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Gikuyu people ⓘ
linked to: Gikuyu–Embu–Meru peoples