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Ethnic group
Mijikenda
Total population
2,488,691 (Kenya)[1]
Regions with significant populations
KenyaTanzania
Languages
Mijikenda • Swahili • English
Related ethnic groups
Pokomo, Chonyi, Digo, Giriama, Jibana, Swahili, other Bantu peoples
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Mijikenda ("the Nine Tribes") are a group of nine related Bantu ethnic groups inhabiting the coast of Kenya, between the Sabaki and the Umba rivers, in an area stretching from the border with Tanzania in the south to the border near Somalia in the north. Archaeologist Chapuruka Kusimba contends that the Mijikenda formerly resided in coastal cities, but later settled in Kenya's hinterlands to avoid submission to dominant Portuguese forces that were then in control.[2] Historically, these Mijikenda ethnic groups have been called the Nyika or Nika by outsiders. It is a derogatory term meaning "bush people."
The nine Ethnic groups that make up the Mijikenda peoples are the Chonyi, Kambe, Duruma, Kauma, Ribe, Rabai, Jibana, Giriama, and Digo. The Digo are southern Mijikenda while the others are northern Mijikenda.[3] The Digo are also found in Tanzania due to their proximity to the common border.
^"2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^Gilbert, Erik; Reynolds, Jonathan T. (2008). Africa in World History: From Prehistory to The Present. Pearson Education, Limited. p. 229. ISBN 9780136154389.
^Sperling, David Colton (1988). "The growth of Islam among the Mijikenda of the Kenya coast, 1826 - 1933". Strathmore University. p. 29. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
make up the Mijikendapeoples are the Chonyi, Kambe, Duruma, Kauma, Ribe, Rabai, Jibana, Giriama, and Digo. The Digo are southern Mijikenda while the others...
Mijikenda may refer to: MijikendapeoplesMijikenda language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mijikenda. If an internal...
Yosa District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Kaya (Mijikenda), a sacred forest site of the Mijikendapeoples in Kenya Kaya, South Sudan, a town in South Sudan...
the nine ethnic groups that make up the Mijikenda (which literally translates to "nine towns"). The Mijikenda occupy the coastal strip extending from...
"the nine kaya" or "nine cities," is made up of nine peoples, including the Digo. The Mijikenda share many cultural traits and speak mutually understandable...
origin myth of the Mijikendapeoples. Traditions known collectively as the "Shungwaya myth" describe a series of migrations of Bantu peoples dating to the...
local Mijikendapeople, known as the Rabai (Warabai in Swahili). The forest has suffered deprevation over the past hundred years. Among the Mijikenda the...
(plural: vigango) is a carved wooden memorial statue erected by the Mijikendapeoples of the southeastern Kenya coast. The vigango, which can be stylized...
Bantu-speaking peoples extirpated and displaced many earlier inhabitants, with only a few modern peoples such as Pygmy groups in Central Africa, the Hadza people in...
(of the East African coast). More specifically, it can refer to: Mijikendapeoples, nine ethnic groups in coastal Kenya (also: Wanyika) Nyika language...
for the Kashmiri language Kashur or Kushur, the ancestors of the Mijikendapeoples according to the Book of the Zanj This disambiguation page lists articles...
include Comorian spoken on the Comoros Islands, and the Mijikenda language of the Mijikendapeople in Kenya. With its original speech community centred on...
"A Socio-historical Perspective of the Art and Material Culture of the Mijikenda of Kenya", PhD Thesis, School of oriental and African Studies, University...
the 1920s, the site was known by the local Mijikendapeoples. Currently, the Giriama, one of the Mijikenda tribes, maintain a large community around the...
and astrology. One investigation found within the Kaya area (of the Mijikendapeoples) most diviners were male, while within the Magarini area they were...
sub-clans/tribes. Despite their proximity, they are not of the nearby Mijikendapeople. They are predominantly agriculturalists and both freshwater and ocean...
heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals...
the Year of the Elephant. It describes the tribes of the Kushūr, a Mijikendapeople who lived in Shungwaya by the Juba River until forced south by the...
the Luhya, the Kisii, the Meru, and the Mijikenda. The Swahili people are descended from Wangozi Bantu peoples that intermarried with Arab immigrants....
Slave Trade. The museum also has cultural artifacts of the Mijikendapeoples. Among the Mijikenda ethnographic objects in the museum are a regalia, traditional...
Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km2...
ethnographic section, the museum contains various artefacts of the Mijikendapeoples who are ethnic groups inhabiting the Kenyan coast, including wooden...
The Segeju (Swahili: Wasegeju; Mijikenda: Asagidzu) are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group mostly based in Tanzania's Tanga Region (particularly Mkinga District)...
Labour Office (2000). Traditional occupations of indigenous and tribal peoples: emerging trends. International Labour Organization. p. 55. Briggs, Phillip...
The Jibana or Dzihana people are an ethnic group from Kenya and a subgroup of the Mijikenda. There are 38,466 of them, all speakers of Kijibana. The Jibana...
Mombasa. Krapf started again by learning the languages of the local Mijikendapeople and also Swahili which is an East African lingua franca language of...
Report" (PDF). "Uganda". World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population...
also be referred to as a Mchonyi), are one of the smaller tribes of the Mijikenda on the coast of Kenya. Their populations can be found in the villages...
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