9. 1. KIKUYU PEOPLE
Are a Bantu people inhabiting East
Africa, originally founded by a man named
Gikuyu.
It is Kenya´s largest ethnic group, equal
to about 23% of the country´s total
population. They speak Swahili, English
and Agĩkũyũ
10. Facts
• The Agikuyu nation was
divided into nine Clans.
• Monotheists believing in a
unique and Omnipotent
God “Ngai”
• Believe that Ngai’s abode
is on Mount Kenya.
• The Kikuyu rely heavily on
agriculture
11. Facts
• They also raise
cattle. Sheep, and
goats for religious
sacrifices and
purification.
• They use the hides
from the cattle to
make bedding,
sandals, and
12. Cool Facts
• They have a desire
for knowledge and
it is believed that
all children should
receive a full
education.
• They have a
terrific reputation
13. 2. MAASAI PEOPLE
The Maasai are a Nilotic
ethnic group of semi-
nomadic people located in
Kenya and northern
Tanzania.
They speak Maa, Swahili and
English .
population has been reported
as numbering 453,000 in
Kenya
claimed that the lifestyle of
the Maasai should be
embraced as a response to
climate change because of
their ability to farm in
deserts and scrublands.
14. Shelter
They use available materials and indigenous
technology to construct their housing.
The Inkajijik (houses) are either star-shaped
or circular, and are constructed by able-
bodied women.
The structural framework is formed of timber
poles fixed directly into the ground and
interwoven with a lattice of smaller branches,
which is then plastered with a mix of mud,
sticks, grass, cow dung and human urine, and
ash.
15. Facts
• The central unit of Maasai society is
the age-set.
• One rite of passage from boyhood to
the status of junior warrior is a
painful circumcision ceremony, which is
performed without anaesthetic.
• Warriors are not allowed to have
sexual relations with circumcised
women.
• One myth about the Maasai is that
each young man is supposed to kill a
lion before he is circumcised.
16. Facts
Young women also undergo "female
circumcision,”and then into early
arranged marriages.
The piercing and stretching of earlobes
is common among the Maasai. Various
materials have been used to both pierce
and stretch the lobes, including thorns
for piercing, twigs, bundles of
twigs, stones, the cross section of
elephant tusks and empty film canisters.
