Kamba 6. Kenya is a land of great diversity in its people and cultures. Swahili 8. This latter group includes the Borana (by far the largest group numerically), the Gabbra, and the ancestors of the Rendille. The Cushites migrated from Northern Africa to East Africa around 2000 B.C. The majority of the Somali people live in Somalia. The second major ethno-linguistic group to arrive in Kenya (the first were the Cushites) were the cattle-herding Nilotes, the first of whom came some time around 500 BC.However, Nilotic migrations only became substantial some five hundred years ago, with the arrival of the highly organised and militaristic Luo from the west and the Maasai/Samburu from the north. Tribes in Kenya. These are the southern Nilotic speakers. The Kenyan Government, incidentally, is either unable or unwilling to pay anything more than lip-service to the problem. The phylum was first designated as Cushitic in 1858. 5.The main activity of the cushites was pastoralism. Due to the huge Arabic culture influence, Islamic traditions rules apply in their food, clothing, and lifestyle. c) They were in search of better grazing lands. They reside along a very large area of land that runs from the east of Lake Turkana, stretches to the north of Kenya, and through to the Indian Ocean. 9.The nilotes are divided into Mijikenda Niloticethnic groups include the: 1. Tanzania-Nyamwezi,hehe. Kalenjin Cushiticspeaking people comprise a small minority of Kenya's population. Due to the dryness of their habitat throughout most of the year, Cushites are mainly nomadic pastoralists  who keep large herds of cattle, camels, goats and sheep. Cushites, or Cushitic people, live in the arid and semi-arid eastern and North-Eastern parts of Kenya. As a consequence of these movements, there are no longer any Southern Cushites left in Kenya. Cushitic people maintain very close ties with their kinsmen – the Cushites of the neighbouring countries of Somalia and Ethiopia. Designed by Ibid Labs | Powered by Jieleze, The animal kingdom, the tree of life & where we come from, A history of the National Museums of Kenya. Some cushites who had been converted to Islam spread the religion in the areas where they settled. While some scholars including Zaborski (1986) and Lamberti (1991) have kept the issue alive and suggested that Omotic can still be classified as part of Cushitic, Rolf Theil (2006), in keeping with the noted Chadicist Paul Newman, excludes Omotic from Afroasiatic altogether. Uganda-Baganda,Batoro. Yaaka 11. Until the arrival of the Nilotes some five hundred years ago, the ancestors of both the Eastern and Southern Cushites occupied a much larger part of East Africa than they do today, extending into the inter-lakes region as well as central and southern Kenya. 7.List any two Bantus found in Kenya ,uganda and Tanzania. The term Cushite derives from the ancient peoples of northeastern Africa, whose heritage can be traced most clearly in the languages descended from those of the ancient peoples. Cushites learnt mixed farming. The figure given in the 2009 population census for the number of Somalis in Kenya is believed to be inaccurate and has been nullified pending an official recount. Kamba tribe. They include the Somali, Rendille, Borana, Burji, Gabra, Orma, Das-senach, and the El Molo. Cushites in Kenya The Cushitic speakers were the first outside people to move to Kenya in the modern era (between 3000-5000) years ago into the area around Lakes Turkana. Examples of Cushites include: - The Rift Cushite peoples – that is the Dorobo and Okiek. The Eastern Cushites include the Oromo and the Somali, of which the Somali are the most recent arrivals to Kenya, having first come from Somalia only a few centuries ago. d) They were fleeing the outbreak of disease that affected both people and (5m 53s) Cush, the place, was named after Cush, the man, the oldest son of Ham (Genesis 10:6). - The North-East Cushites-that is the Somali, Boran and Galla among others. and were the earliest group to settle in Kenya. The Cushitic peoples are divided into two groups: the Southern Cushites and the Eastern Cushites. The Somali represent the largest single group of eastern Cushites in Kenya. They reside along a very large area of land that runs from the east of Lake Turkana, stretches to the north of Kenya, and through to the Indian Ocean. They reside along a very large area of land that runs from the east of Lake Turkana, stretches to the north of Kenya, and through to the Indian Ocean. Some groups headed south into Tanzania, whilst others headed west into the Rift Valley, where they were eventually assimilated by the ancestors of the Maasai and other Nilotic tribes. Christianity is another threat to these peoples' cultural integrity, as is the gradual process of modernization which increasingly makes their traditional way of life - which includes hunting - less viable. Sakuye 8. However, there's a lot of academic dispute about this, with some 'experts' claiming a Cushitic presence in northeastern Kenya as long ago as 7000 BC (ie. Answer: Cushites were people from the land of Cush/Kush (or “Cushan” in Habakkuk 3:7). 8.The western Bantus in Kenya include: Abaluhya,Abagusii and Abakuria. Cushites include Somali, Rendille, Borana and Oromo tribes. • The Dahallo or Sanye of lower Tana are the only southern Cushites in Kenya. 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