Most visitors to the Lamu island, usually for a weekend getaway, in their few moments in Lamu can scarcely fathom out let alone get to participate in many of her rich centuries old traditions.
But, as oral tradition continues to disappear, the musical traditions of many Kenyans are at risk.Families in poverty have no safety net in times of crisis. So here follows a brief insight into some of the ‘tribes' that the visitor to Kenya is most likely to come across.Perhaps the best known of Kenya's tribes, the Nilo-Hamitic Maasai are a nomadic people whose style of life has remained essentially unchanged for centuries. Kenya's literacy rate was average compared to the other regions around the world. On 21 May, events will be held around the world to mark the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, which was established by the United Nations (UN) in 2001. The Turkana are one of the pastoral tribes who inhabit the arid North-Western Kenya. Authors; Authors and affiliations; Emily Achieng’ Akuno; Conference paper.
If you are looking for songs that dig deep into African culture you can go for Kikuyu mugithi hits, Luhya ohangla music and more traditional beats that are backed by drums and guitar instruments. The tribes of Kenya are known for their unique history, culture, values, lifestyle, language, religion, food and more.. If you were to travel across the country, you’d see the Indian Ocean, towering mountains and vast savannas. Kenya is well known for its breathtaking sandy beaches and wildlife. During the British Era, the Royal Boundaries Commission believed that it was prudent to keep rival tribes within their own administrative and political boundaries – ‘for the sake of peace’, and thus the first forty districts of Kenya, clustered in nine provinces, were created. Take the Swahili of the Coast Region for instance, whose vernacular has now spread throughout Eastern Africa and compare them with Kamba, Abagusii, Luhya or Kikuyu, all from the same Bantu subset. The first to arrive were the pastoral Cushitic, who entered from Ethiopia and Somalia, around 2000 BC. When it comes to drinks, Kenya tea in the form of Another popular social drink, and one that also makes a good accompaniment for nyama choma, is Kenya's signature-brand beer - Another fascinating aspect of Kenyan culture is the art and artifacts Other popular Kenya artifacts include colorful hand-woven sisal baskets, Maasai beaded jewelry, gold and silver jewelry, musical instruments, soapstone sculptures, tribal masks, figurines, paintings, prints, batik cloth, kangas and the beautiful traditional Kikoys (African sarongs).Kenyaâs music industry wells with talent and diversity. !Hello Tess! God bless you all!!! The Bantus, moving across the middle of Africa from the rain forest in the west, appeared in Eastern Africa during the early years of the first millennium” – Still other found themselves in the harsher arid and semi arid regions, where fishing and farming were quite difficult and soon discovered a nomadic way of life depending on their livestock and continually moving from place to place in search of food and water. Kenya is the land of festivals. The Nilotic-speaking Luo, numerically the second-largest culture in the population, make up, together with the Kalenjin tribe, 14% and 10% of the population. At the national level, a most spectacular 14 days of performances, over 150,000 participants wow the judges and the audiences through folksongs and dances from all corners of Kenya, and music from across Africa and beyond. Brave and ruthless warriors, the Maasai instilled terror in all who came up against them, most especially the early explorers. Unlike the majority of the previous ethnic migrants, most of whom had intermingled with the local population, the British came with the intention of introducing cultural change, rather than participating in cultural exchange.