Search Results: Kikuyu People

The Kikuyu people (aka Gikuyu or Agikuyu) are a Bantu-speaking people who occupied territory in what is today central Kenya in East Africa from the 17th century onwards. They established themselves primarily as agriculturalists around Mount...

The Maasai (or Masai) people are an East African tribe who today principally occupy the territory of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, and who speak the language of the same name. The Nilo-Saharan Maasai migrated southwards to that region...

A c. 1909 pastel portrait by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931) of a Kikuyu man, Kenosua. The Kikuyu people began to occupy central Kenya from the 17th century and remain its largest ethnic group. Kenousa was an assistant and friend of the...

A 1909 painting of a Kikuyu woman by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). The Kikuyu began to occupy central Kenya from the 17th century.

A traditional hut of the Kikuyu people at Bomas, Kenya.

The leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) identified Jewish people as enemies of the state, presenting them through relentless propaganda as responsible for Germany's economic and cultural decline. Basing this propaganda on White...

This collection focuses on providing supplementary materials to students who want to enhance their school history studies and to teachers who want a more concise coverage of each lesson that they deliver. This chapter examines the economic...

Mithila, a region in the state of Bihar, northern India (and also stretching into Nepal), has an important tradition of knowledge in the form of paintings. Madhubani paintings (also known as Mithila paintings) have been practised by the women...

The Flemish are among the most important and perhaps the most underappreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. They came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and artisans, diplomats...

The Maasai live in southern Kenya and Amboseli very near the border with Tanzania. The Maasai love and care for their livestock. Maasai women perform multiple tasks but they also have time to get pretty. With the creation of Amboseli National...