The ruins of Gedi are a historical and archaeological site near the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Kenya. It was declared a World Heritage Site on the...
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Swahili architecture (section Ruins of Gedi)
spectacular ruins of the so-called golden age of Swahili architecture may still be observed near the southern Kenyan port of Malindi in the ruins of Gedi (the...
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Gede, Kenya (redirect from Gedi, Kenya)
known as Gedi) is a village on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying in Kilifi County, south of Malindi and north of Watamu. The Ruins of Gedi are located...
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Kilifi County (category Counties of Kenya)
Kikambala, Watamu, Malindi and Kilifi. The county is known for the Ruins of Gedi, which includes mosques and tombs dating from the 11th to the 17th century...
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Thimlich Ohinga Ruins of Gedi The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to...
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Tsavo Man-Eaters (redirect from Man-eaters of tsavo)
Man-Eaters were a pair of large man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers...
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Gedi or GEDI may refer to: Ali Mohamed Gedi (born 1952), Prime Minister of Somalia, 2004–2007 Bashir Nur Gedi (died 2007), Somalian dissident journalist...
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Watamu (section People of Watamu)
group, Watamu Boat Operator, Safari Sellers and women's group. The ruins of Gedi (also known as Gede) are located near Watamu. According to archaeological...
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Kenya Colony (redirect from Colony of Kenya)
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until...
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activities in the region, with the encouragement of the British government through the granting of an imperial charter, although it remained unclear...
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East Africa Protectorate (redirect from Protectorate of British East Africa)
experiencing plenty of privations from want of water, and of the danger from encounters with the Maasai. With the arrival in 1903 of hundreds of prospective settlers...
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Public holidays in Kenya (category Lists of public holidays by country)
the Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa. "Madaraka Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "History of Moi Day". The...
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Kalenjin people (section Traditional way of life)
a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon...
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Indians in Kenya (redirect from History of Indians in Kenya)
residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent. Significant Indian migration to modern-day Kenya began following the creation of the British...
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White people in Kenya (redirect from History of white people in Kenya)
1698, before losing control of the coast to the Sultanate of Oman when Fort Jesus was captured. European exploration of the interior commenced in 1844...
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Kikuyu people (redirect from History of the Kikuyu people)
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...
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between 1000AD and 1500AD. The earliest gravestone found at Gedi Ruins dates to the earlier part of this period. The oldest Swahili texts in existence also...
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Kisii people (redirect from List of Abagusii people)
Kisii and Nyamira counties of former Nyanza, as well as parts of Kericho and Bomet counties of the former Rift Valley province of Kenya. The Abagusii traditionally...
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The culture of Kenya consists of multiple traditions and trends without a single prominent culture identifying the country. Kenyan cultural heritage and...
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Mass media in Kenya (redirect from Media of Kenya)
and an unconfirmed number of print newspapers and magazines. Publications mainly use English as their primary language of communication, with some media...
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Maasai people (redirect from List of rulers of the Maasai)
Great Lakes region. The Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and Nuer...
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Pokot people (redirect from History of the Pokot people)
assimilation of the Sirkwa era Chok by the Pokotozek section of the Maliri. Early 20th century accounts of the Pokot identify two distinct branches of the community...
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The Terik people are a Kalenjin group inhabiting parts of the Kakamega and Nandi Districts of western Kenya, numbering about 23,324 people. They live wedged...
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Mau Mau rebellion (redirect from Capture of General China)
and pro-British Kikuyu). The capture of Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi on 21 October 1956 signalled the defeat of the Mau Mau, and essentially ended the...
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the coup saw the rebels seize several air bases as well as the headquarters of state radio before they were retaken by government forces, resulting in the...
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Wagalla massacre (category Massacres of ethnic groups)
The Wagalla massacre was a massacre of ethnic Somalis by the Kenyan Army on 10 February 1984 in Wajir County, Kenya. Government troops were ordered to...
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Fort Jesus (category History of Kenya)
and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa. Fort Jesus...
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Uganda Railway (category Economic history of Kenya)
interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya. After a series of mergers and splits, the line is now in the hands of the Kenya...
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Sirikwa culture (category Archaeology of Eastern Africa)
predominant Kenyan hinterland culture of the Pastoral Iron Age, c.2000 BP. Seen to have developed out of the Elmenteitan culture of the East African Pastoral Neolithic...
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Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru Association (category Politics of Kenya)
created to presumably advance the social and political needs of the Eastern Kenya Bantu people of Gikuyu, Embu, and Meru who though are closely related linguistically...
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