44 Tribes of Kenya

Tharaka

The Tharaka culture is today experienced during the Ura-Gate Tharaka Cultural Festival Based on the community memory revived thr...

Kenyan American Tribe

Kenyan Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of Kenyan descent Kenyan Americans are among the highly educated in America

Ameru

The Ameru people are known for their reverence and preservation of their traditional Religion preserved by their council of elders the ...

Tharaka

The Tharaka culture is today experienced during the Ura-Gate Tharaka Cultural Festival
Based on the community memory revived through the dialogues, Tharakans have developed an ancestral map and calendar of the territory, documenting where they come from, the qualities of the land and how they lived there.
They are known for their ancient brewed Honey beer which is sacred
The community of Tharaka are now growing their own varieties of gourds, millet and sorghum that is better suited for their environment
Ntai/kunyamilangombe are riddles, and grandparents tell riddles to children to test their intelligence.

Kenyan Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of Kenyan descent
Kenyan Americans are among the highly educated in America
They make a percentage of the highly skilled workforce in the county gravitating towards fields such as health care professions, especially nursing. doctors, lawyers, college professors, and business owners and managers.

The Ameru people are known for their reverence and preservation of their traditional Religion preserved by their council of elders the ‘Njuri Ncheke’
The typical cuisine among the Ameru is ‘Nyoni’ (mashed green peas or beans; traditional vegetables; and arrowroot, yams or potatoes)
Riddles known as Gwata Ntae – Ndagwata among the Ameru has always been popular
The Njuri Ncheke shrine is a gazette heritage site which is accessible to the public when the Council of elders is not is use of it. Cultural artifacts and tradition herbs popular among the ameru are under preservation at the Meru Museum
The Ameru are also the largest producers of Miraa which is consumed both locally and internationally

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