Culture, Economy and Society
Peoples, Languages and Arts
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- Which is the largest ethnic group in Kenya?
- Which pastoral people of the south are known for red cloth and beadwork?
- What is ugali?
- Which Kenyan dish is grilled meat, often eaten with kachumbari?
- What does the Swahili word karibu mean?
- Which Kenyan writer wrote the novel Weep Not, Child?
- Which fossil site on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana has yielded many early human remains?
- Which old Swahili town in Kenya is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still lived in?
- Which colourful cloth printed with Swahili sayings is worn along the coast?
- Which style of music, popular among the Luo, uses guitars and a quick beat?
- Which people live on the Kenyan coast and speak Swahili as a mother tongue?
- Which two languages are widely used in Kenyan schools and government?
- Which Kenyan marathon region in the Rift Valley is nicknamed the home of champions?
- Which museum in Nairobi holds the fossil called Turkana Boy?
- What is a kiondo?
- What does the word asante sana mean?
- Which people are known for the adumu, a jumping dance performed by young men?
- Which Kenyan woman wrote The Promised Land, published in 1966?
- The Gikuyu language belongs to which language family?
- Which Kenyan author wrote the satirical essay How to Write About Africa?
- Which novel by Ngugi, written while he was imprisoned in 1978, was composed in Gikuyu?
- The Gedi Ruins near Malindi belonged to what kind of settlement?
- Which two cultural sites on the coast were both listed by UNESCO, in 2001 and 2011?
- What does the Swahili greeting jambo mean?
- Which community is known for soapstone carving at Tabaka?
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