IRIN Africa Great Lakes KENYA KENYA IRIN Focus On Displaced of mainly Kikuyu people alleged not be to indigenous to Rift Valley province . These are people who saw their neighbours hack their loved ones, http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=20575&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&Selec
The Languages And Writing Systems Of Africa Angola, Republic of Angola, República de Angola, former People s Republic of Angola Also includes Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, other indigenous vernaculars. http://www.intersolinc.com/newsletters/africa.htm
Extractions: Africa Languages of Africa Sources: Ethnologue The World Fact Book Country Language Algeria, Al Jaza'ir, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah National or official languages: Standard Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects. The number of languages listed for Algeria is 18, including Chaouia, Kabyle, Tumzabt, Taznatit and others. All are living languages. Angola, Republic of Angola, República de Angola, former People's Republic of Angola
Kenya (09/05) Ethnic groups africanKikuyu 21%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, kalenjin 11%, Cushiticspeaking people from northern africa moved into the area that is now http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm
Extractions: Terrain: Kenya rises from a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean in a series of mountain ridges and plateaus which stand above 3,000 meters (9,000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above Nairobi, opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Mountain plains cover the south before descending to the shores of Lake Victoria in the west.
Kenya: Barely Escaping Rwanda The attackers, he says, were kalenjin, the small pastoral tribe of Politics inKenya, as throughout much of the rest of africa, has always been a means http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1701/Berkeley/Berkeley.html
Extractions: Contact the Curator for the story and pictures. By the benighted standards of East Africa, the spectacle of refugees is all too grimly familiar. In a dense labyrinth of makeshift huts with scrap-metal walls and roofs fashioned from black plastic sheeting, children in rags, with bare feet and smudged faces, loiter aimlessly in a stream of muddy sewage. Their grim-faced parents, routed from their homes and stripped of their livelihoods, desperately scrounge for food and firewood in the forest nearby, their lives in chaos, their future uncertain. This could be anywhere in the counter-clockwise arc of despair that has blighted this part of the world for a generation: Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. A few miles from Nyeri, the heart of Mau Mau land, these Kikuyu children beg money from a passerby. Behind them are seen the round mud huts clustered together in protection against Mau Mau raids. Photo by AP/Wide World Photos But this is none of those exhausted battlegrounds this is Kenya. Kenya has long been an exception to the regional rule of interminable wars and economic ruin. East Africa's richest country by far, familiar to safari lovers and Robert Redford fans, Kenya is supposed to be the island of stability in a sea of calamities the rare African success story where majestic game parks lure nearly a million foreign tourists on safari each year, where the telephones work, electricity flows, children go to school in shorts and knee socks, and even bureaucrats stick to the rules.
Islamic World.Net: Countries Ogiek.org supporting the rights of the indigenous people whose Mau Forest Nature Kenya The East africa Natural History Society - working to http://islamic-world.net/countries/kenya.htm
Extractions: Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania Population: Ethnic groups: Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1% Religions: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1% Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages Area: total: 582,650 sq km, land: 569,250 sq km, water: 13,400 sq km Natural resources: gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, rubies, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower
Kenya Kenya is located in Eastern africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, 31140000 people;Kikuyu (22%); Luhya (14%); Luo (13%); kalenjin (12%); Kamba (11%) http://www.elca.org/countrypackets/kenya/country-print.html
Extractions: Physical. Kenya is located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Tanzania and Somalia. It covers an area about twice the size of Nevada. Kenya has a tropical climate along the coast, turning increasingly arid farther inland. Low plains rise into central highlands bisected by the Great Rift Valley, with a fertile plateau in the west. Natural resources include gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barites, fluorspar, garnets, wildlife, hydropower, and rubies. People. Over 31 million people live in Kenya. Both English and Swahili are official languages of Kenya, while numerous indigenous languages are spoken as well. Ethnically, Kenya is comprised primarily of Africans (99%) including the following groups: Kikuyu (22%) Luhya (14%) Luo (13%) Kalenjin (12%) and Kamba (11%). The country's religious groups include Protestant (38%) Roman Catholic (28%) indigenous beliefs (8%) and others. Government. In December 2002, Miwai Kibaki ended the 24 year rule of Kenyas second president, Daniel arap Moi in a landslide. Mois earlier designation of the son of the first president as his successor, caused a number of cabinet resignations and solidified the opposition. The elections took place against a backdrop of economic adversity caused by a recession which was due to drop in tourism. International terrorist activities, and spiraling criminal and political violence account for the drop in tourism.
Moyiga Nduru, Heavy Cloud Of Violence Looms, Coalition Says against the kalenjin, who are the indigenous people from the affected province . She claimed that the supporters of the ruling Kenya African National http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/36/229.html
Extractions: ** Written 4:13 PM Apr 12, 1998 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.english ** Kanyongolo said the group, made up of officials from Amnesty International, Article 19 and Human Rights Watch, spent 10 days interviewing more than 200 people, including survivors of violent incidents, as well as Kenyan government officials. The delegation, in a statement made available to IPS on Tuesday, said it found the situation particularly serious in the Rift Valley Province, where killings still continue sporadically after the recent mass attacks. Over 100 people have been killed and thousands displaced since the latest violence began in January 1998. These clashes have pitted the Kikuyu, Kenya's largest single ethnic group, against the Kalenjin, who are the indigenous people from the affected province.
Extractions: ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Eroding Commons: The Politics of Ecology in Baringo, Kenya, 1890-1963, The African Studies Review Dec 2003 by Frontani, Heidi Glaesel Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. David M. Anderson. The Eroding Commons: The Politics of Ecology in Baringo, Kenya, 1890-1963. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2003. Series in Ecology and History, xvi + 336 pp. Notes. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index. $49.95. Cloth. $24.95. Paper. The Eroding Commons examines the herding activities of multiple age sets of Kalenjin-speaking Tugen and, to a lesser extent, Maa-speaking Charnus in the lowland areas of Kenya's Baringo District throughout British colonial rule. The first half of the book describes the ways in which colonial incursion permanently fractured the wider production system of the Baringo lowlands, while the second half focuses on the development programs undertaken by the state from 9 199 29 to the 1950s.
Ethnicity And Race By Countries Liberia, indigenous African tribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Venezuela,Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855617.html
Extractions: World Countries Afghanistan Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%, minor ethnic groups (Chahar Aimaks, Turkmen, Baloch, and others) Albania Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.) Algeria Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Andorra Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998) Angola Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22% Antigua and Barbuda black, British, Portuguese, Lebanese, Syrian Argentina white (mostly Spanish and Italian) 97%; mestizo, Amerindian, other 3%
Kenya: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com People of African descent make up about 97% of the population; they are divided The official languages of Kenya are Swahili and English; many indigenous http://www.answers.com/topic/kenya
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Kenya Dictionary (Click to enlarge) Kenya (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Ken·ya kÄn yÉ, kÄn A country of east-central Africa bordering on the Indian Ocean. The site of many early hominid fossils, Kenya was inhabited during historic times by various Cushitic, Nilotic, and Bantu peoples including the Kikuyu and the Masai. The coast was settled by Arab traders in the 8th century A.D. and later (16th-18th century) by the Portuguese. Kenya became a British protectorate in 1890 and crown colony in 1920. It achieved independence in 1963. Nairobi is the capital and the largest city. Population: 32,000,000 . Ken yan var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Kenya kÄn yÉ, kÄn ) , officially Republic of Kenya, republic (1995 est. pop. 28,817,000), 224,960 sq mi (582,646 sq km), E Africa. Kenya is bordered by Somalia on the east, the Indian Ocean on the southeast, Tanzania on the south, Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) on the southwest, Uganda on the west, Sudan on the northwest, and Ethiopia on the north. Nairobi is the capital and largest city.
Kenya - The People there are 42 tribes living in Kenya, as well as all of the nonAfrican peoplegroups. Represented by the Luo, kalenjin, Maasai and related groups. http://kenya.rcbowen.com/people/
Extractions: Literacy : 69.4% (Male: 75.7, Female 63.3) 1989 census According to the 1989 Census, there are 42 tribes living in Kenya, as well as all of the non-African people groups. As such, it is difficult to make general comments about people in Kenya. Of course, since folks email me all the time looking for me to write their highschool research paper for them, here's some general information: English is the official language while Kiswahili is the national language. That means that government and education are in English, while everything else tends to be in Swahili. And, in actuality, most of government is in Swahili also. In addition to these two languages, most of the people in Kenya also speak what they would call their "mother tongue" - the language that they grew up speaking. While an increasing number of city-dwellers are growing up speaking English, most rural people still speak their tribal languages when they go home. Kenya's African population is divided on three linguistic groups: Bantu . Concentrations in three main geographical regions - Western Kenya and Lake Victoria region (Luhya, Kisii), east of Rift Valley, (Kikuyu, Embu, Kamba) and Coastal belt (Mijikenda).
Extractions: Archive 2002 Kenya's hunter-gatherers Another African land-grab April 4 , 2002 MAU FOREST From The Economist print edition In Kenya, it is politically correct to burn forests and evict indigenous people ON A high slope above the Great Rift Valley, Kiprono Sigilai, a hunter-gatherer, sniffs the breeze, smells smoke and deduces that an election is coming. His woodsman's skills do not deceive him. Every time a poll is near, members of President Daniel arap Moi's group, the Kalenjin, are allowed to grab chunks of forest inhabited by Mr Sigilai's tribe, the Ogiek. This ensures that the Kalenjin fervently support Mr Moi, but the forest suffers. The newcomers fell trees, burn bushes and graze cattle on what is left. The Mau forest, where the Ogiek live, was protected by court orders, but that was a frail defence against the government. With a vote due this year, Mr Moi's party, the Kenya African National Union, is unpopular and broke. So it has decided to clear 68,000 hectares (167,000 acres) of woodland, mainly in the Mau forest. Most of the 20,000 Ogiek have already lost their livelihood to loggers. Now they face eviction to make way for ?politically-correct people?, as Kenyans call the Kalenjin. This is not only bad for the Ogiek; it is bad for Kenya, too. The country is mostly arid or semi-arid, and depends for water on a few wooded catchment areas. The forests regulate the water cycle: they soak up rain during the wet season and then gradually release it. The Mau forest supplies two-fifths of the country with water. Its destruction is already causing problems. Of the six big rivers flowing into the Rift Valley, five have become seasonal in recent years and one has almost dried up. The country is slowly recovering from a three-year drought, which has left 2.5m people dependent on food aid. This is hardly the time to lay waste more woodland.
CIA - The World Factbook -- Kenya Forum for the Restoration of DemocracyPeople or FORD-People Kimaniwa NYOIKE, The regional hub for trade and finance in East africa, Kenya has been http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ke.html
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Kenya Map And Basic Facts Just over 32 million people live in Kenya. Life expectancy is around 45 years . Luo 13%, kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, http://goafrica.about.com/library/bl.mapfacts.htm
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IV. VIOLENCE AS A POLITICAL TOOL IN KENYA President Moi These clashes pitted the kalenjin against the Luo, Luhya, and Kikuyu communities . The apparent aim was to split Muslims of African descent from the http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/kenya/Kenya0502-04.htm
Extractions: IV. VIOLENCE AS A POLITICAL TOOL IN KENYA President Moi confidently predicted in 1991 that the introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya would result in ethnic violence. His prediction has been alarmingly fulfilled. However, far from being the spontaneous result of a return to political pluralism, there is clear evidence that the government has been involved in provoking death, displacement, and terror among ethnic groups that are perceived to support the opposition. The Politics of Division and Politically Motivated "Ethnic Clashes" Political life in multiparty Kenya is largely defined along ethnic lines. The calls for such ethnically exclusive majimboism came initially in the early1990s from Kalenjin and Maasai politicians. These politicians proposed that the Rift Valley, which is allocated the largest number of seats in parliament, was traditionally Kalenjin/Maasai territory and that other ethnic groups living in the area should not be permitted to express differing political views in a multi-party system.
Kenya: Africa's Variety Show Kenya has long been one of africa s most popular destinations. Most peoplewho come to Kenya visit the Masai Mara and while there they will almost http://www.ivillage.co.uk/travel/inspiration/adventure/articles/0,,563219_570609
Extractions: Towards the end of the long overnight flight south from Europe the sun comes up over the horizon to illuminate the vastness of Africa below. I already have my nose glued to the window and as the plane creeps further south, I notice I am not the only passenger craning for a glimpse. By the time the jagged peaks of Mount Kenya sail past the excitement is palpable. We are nearly there. For the next hour or so the visitor is assailed by the contrasts which make Kenya one of the world's most interesting countries. As the plane sweeps south on its approach to Nairobi, one's eye flits from the parched, volcano-studded plains of the Rift Valley to the moist cloud-flecked slopes of the Aberdare massif and the lush Kikuyu highlands. Soon the plane is swinging east and, as it descends, the vast scale of the Rift Valley becomes apparent. Below is dusty savannah, then suddenly the seemingly vertical forested walls of the Ngong Hills loom underneath to announce one's arrival in Nairobi. A short hop over Nairobi National Park, still a major destination for migrating wildlife during the long dry seasons, and you are landing at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Map & Graph: Countries By People: Ethnic Groups Map Graph People Ethnic groups by country Liberia, indigenous Africantribes 95% (including Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, Grebo, Mano, Krahn, Gola, http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_eth_gro
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