Kikuyu (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
קיקויו (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Kikuyu (African people)
Other forms of name
Agikuyu (African people)
Akikuyu (African people)
Gikuyu (African people)
nne Kikuyu tribe
Wakikuyu (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu-speaking peoples
Ethnology Kenya
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q203178
Library of congress: sh 85072307
Sources of Information
  • Githieya, F.K. The freedom of the Spirit, 1997:CIP galley (Agikuyu)
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Wikipedia description:

The Kikuyu (also Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to East Africa Central Kenya. At a population of 8,148,668 as of 2019, they account for 17.13% of the total population of Kenya, making them Kenya's largest ethnic group. The term Kikuyu is the Swahili borrowing of the autonym Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ɣèkòjóꜜ])

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