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One Misty Morning in Njabini, Kenya
Marlene taking photographs at the Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site
P H O T O G R A P H Y

PEOPLE. PLACES. WILDLIFE

  
FACES OF KENYA

Gabbra woman

Gabbra woman of Marsabit, Northern Kenya

  
   
 
 


There are more than 40 tribal groups in Kenya
where national identity is second only to
tribal identity.



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The people of Kenya came in three distinct waves. The pastoralist Cushites of northeastern Kenya like the Gabbra of Bubisa (left) and the Somali of Mandera (above), began arriving from Ethiopia and Somalia in 2000 BC.

Gabbra women of Bubisa by Marlene C. Francia
Luo woman s


A millennium later, the agricultural - pastoral Nilotes like the Luo (left and below) of Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, followed from Sudan and Egypt in 1000 BC.

Luo man
Pamela 1

The agricultural Bantus like the Luhya (below) of Western Kenya began their migration from Western Africa in 500 BC.