Pokomo
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The Pokomo are an ethnic group of Kenya, who are predominantly agriculturalists living along the Tana River in the Tana River District. They speak a language of the Niger-Congo group.
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- literacy and translation work among the Lower Pokomo
- Ethnologue and bibliography information on Pokomo
The pokomo mostly live along the River Tana where they grow their crops. The pokomo council of elders are known as Gasa where they deal with solving disputes like marriage disputes,land disputes,family conflicts among others. The Pokomo dances include Kithoko,Mwaribe,Miri among others and these are usually played at various ceremonies. The passage to adulthood for men is by initiation which involve circumcision. They dont practice Female Genetical Mutilation. It is the community where the Kenyan National Anthem tune was derived:Lullaby song
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Sub Groups Upper Pokomo(Wantu wa Julu) Milalulu Zubaki Ndura Kinakomba Gwano Ndera
Lower Pokomo(Malanchini) Mwina Malanchini
NOTABLE POKOMO Hyslop Ipu........State House Comptroller...Kenya Danson Mungatana...MP Phares Kuindwa.....Former Head Of Civil Service Shari Martin.......Prominent Gospel Musician Tola Kofa..........Former MP Japhet Kase........Former MP
