The Bukusu people (Bukusu: Babukusu) are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the Luhya Bantu people of East Africa residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma...
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Bukusu is a dialect of the Masaba language spoken by the Bukusu tribe of the Luhya people of western Kenya. It is one of several ethnically Luhya dialects;...
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Africa. The Gisu dialect in eastern Uganda is mutually intelligible with Bukusu, spoken by ethnic Luhya in western Kenya. Masaba is the local name of Mount...
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Kevin Vangu Phambu Bukusu (born 27 February 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender. Bukusu have played youth football for several...
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neighboring non-Luhya languages. For example, the Bukusu people are ethnically Luhya, but the Bukusu dialect is a variety of Masaba. (See Luhya people...
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Bernard Boloko Bukusu (born 3 April 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bremer SV. Born in Germany, Bukusu is of Angolan...
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Bungoma was named from eng'oma, the Bukusu word for "drums". The town was originally a meeting place for Bukusu elders. The sound of drums would emanate...
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Oropom people (section Bukusu)
former territories, including the Iteso, Karamojong, Pokot, Turkana and Bukusu. They are or were found in scattered pockets between the Turkwel River,...
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Nyanza came together under the new name Baluhya between 1950 and 1960. The Bukusu are the largest Luhya subtribe and account for almost 50% of the entire...
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ethnic group of the Masaba people in eastern Uganda, closely related to the Bukusu people of Kenya. Bamasaba live mainly in the Mbale District of Uganda on...
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Lumasaba, a Bantu language. Lugisu is very similar to the Bukusu language spoken of the Bukusu people of Kenya. According to the 2002 national census, the...
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follows: Bantu Kikuyu 8.1 million Kamba 4.7 million Luhya 10 million (incl. Bukusu 1.2 million) Gusii 2.7 million Meru 2.0 million Mijikenda/Giriama ca. 1...
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for ages. The first European to reach the Bukusu was Joseph Thomson, who upon arriving in 1883, found the Bukusu living in fortified villages surrounded...
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traditional lyre played by the Luhya ethnic group of Kenya (including the Bukusu subgroup). It has seven strings. Other varieties of litungu are used by...
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Elijah Masinde (c.1911–1987) was a Bukusu activist. Born around 1910 – 1912 in Kimilili, Bungoma District, Masinde wa Nameme okhwa Mwasame was initiated...
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ethnoherpetological knowledge – notes written by a Bukusu-speaking research assistant from western Kenya: Wepukhulu, D. M. 1992. Bukusu Ethnozoology (Reptiles and Amphibians)...
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1,669 Bungoma County Siritanyi 1,968 Bungoma County South Bukusu 10,827 Bungoma County West Bukusu 4,606 Bungoma County Total 52,428 *September 2005....
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"Circumcision rite among the Bukusu of western Kenya". Youtube. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. 12 August 2014. "Bukusu Post-Circumcision Rites Continue...
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attached to the name Muntu, the legendary figure who founded the Gisu and Bukusu tribes. The creation myth of the people of Buganda, Uganda, includes a figure...
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Indonesia (Sumatra) Luhya Niger–Congo → Bantu → Luhya Kenya (Western Province) Bukusu, Idakho, Isukha, Kabras, Khayo, Kisa, Marachi, Maragoli, Marama, Nyole,...
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namely- Kabuchai/Chwele, West Nalondo, Bwake/Luuya, Mukuyuni and South Bukusu. "Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya". softkenya. Retrieved 9 June 2018...
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Lwandanyi 15,071 Malakisi 19,572 Mukuyuni 26,243 Namwela 27,792 Namubila 14,057 North Bukusu 18,059 Sirare 19,580 Sirisia 31,780 Total x 1999 census....
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Chairman of FORD-Kenya. Musikari Kombo hails from the larger Luhya community Bukusu sub tribe Balunda clan (descendants of Mulunda, believed to have migrated...
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1876 "on the East of the Mountain, there are the Bukusu who are greater bandu befwe navasima. The Bukusu have produced many prominent people that have served...
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culture Urewe culture Shungwaya Modern ethnicities Kikuyu Luhya Banyala Bukusu Gisu Idakho Isukha Khayo Kisa Marachi Maragoli Marama Tachoni Tiriki Samia...
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keniensis. Mount Elgon and its tributaries are home to five tribes: the Bukusu, the Bagisu, the Sapinjek, the Sabaot, and the Ogiek, better known in the...
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– Igbo, Nigeria Akple – Ewe, Akumè – Mina – Togo Aseeda – Sudan Busuma [Bukusu] – Kenya Bando – Soga, Uganda Bidia – DR Congo Bogobe/Phaletšhe – Botswana...
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led to capturing of non-Wanga tribes into slavery such as Luo-Nyanza and Bukusu who were also enemies of the Wanga kingdom because of their repeated insurgents...
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uniform-coloured drink. The Pojulu people of South Sudan also sell an alcohol by the same name and so do the Bukusu tribe of Kenya. Lugbara cuisine Tonto (beverage)...
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that the origins of this practice date back to the 17th century, when the Bukusu people migrated from the area of the Congo River. The only place the salt...
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