Kikuyu

The Kĩkũyũ (otherwise spelled Gĩkũyũ) ethnic group is Kenya's most populous ethnic group. They total more than 4.5 million which is about 20% of Kenya's total population. They cultivate the fertile central highlands, sometimes known as Kikuyuland, and part of the lush Great Rift Valley.

Origins

Although uncertain, ethnologists believe the Kĩkũyũ came to Kenya from the north and west and settled in present-day Kenya in the 1500s. They were originally hunter-gatherers but also kept livestocks with which they migrated in the course of the seasons to different parts of the country (nomadic pastoralists). And they also derived from a local river's spawning fish.

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