44 Tribes of Kenya

Isaak

Main traders when the Europeans reached the East African port. They acted as guides and translators for the British people They...

Waat

They are considered to be One of Kenya’s indigenous hunters and gatherers The Waata translates to people of the bow as it...

Sakuye

Mostly identify themselves as Borana Practice some Pre-Islamic beliefs They use Dagora (cloth) which they wr...

Galla

The people are characterized as warlike women wield great influence over their husbands and enjoy a large degree of freedom of m...

Isaak

Main traders when the Europeans reached the East African port. They acted as guides and translators for the British people
They are considered to be Urban Somalis from British Somaliland

They are considered to be One of Kenya’s indigenous hunters and gatherers
The Waata translates to people of the bow as it was their most valuable tool in their hunting activities
The Waata now make a living frommaking charcoal, supplying building poles
They have been marginalized by the Oromo who they were a part of and therefore their culture is being pushed to extinction

Mostly identify themselves as Borana
Practice some Pre-Islamic beliefs
They use Dagora (cloth) which they wrap around themselves from hip downwards and a lot of ornaments on their heads especially which they call Shabat
The Sakuye have venerated sacred sites, solely conserved and preserved as part of their cultural traditions and symbols of charisma that can be easily accessed
One of the Sakuye Shrines is believed to have sacred water and all the Sakuye communities across Kenya travel to the site once every mid-year to pay pilgrimage on the sacred grounds.

The people are characterized as warlike
women wield great influence over their husbands and enjoy a large degree of freedom of movement for an Islamic community’

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