Kikuyu Tribe

By Andrew Dahlberg

Kikuyu and Massai hunt

• Kikuyu and Massai are each in Kenya and have large hunt parties sometimes they have elaborate garb like the one shown bellow

Famous people

• Mwai Kibaki is in fact a kikuyu who is now president of Kenya and recently turned 81

Use in crocodile tears

• Njenga and his men were portrayed as a few of kikuyu mercenaries and it is true that that kikuyu are master at throwing the spear but they have very strong religious beliefs

• Massai and Kikuyu sometimes preffer to eat raw meat to cooked meat, goat is a favorite of many.

Food

Ceremonies

• As many tribes do the kikuyu have passage of manhood marriage and sacrificial ceremonies

A kikuyu bride left