History Of The Samburu Tribe

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The Samburu tribe lives at the north of the equator in the Rift Valley province of Northern Kenya (Ziljma, n.d.). This particular tribe is related to the Maasai of East Africa, which is a tribe that lives in various parts of Tanzania and Kenya. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists. This means that they practice seasonal migration to find pasture and water for their herds of cattle and they cultivate some crops are cultivated near their living quarters. This is because the Rift Valley in Kenya is dry and barren. The Samburu will move every 5-6 weeks to find fresh grazing grounds.
The history of Samburu is related to Kenya’s other Nilotic tribes that built settlements near the Nile River. The Samburu are known to have originated from Sudan, living at the north of Mount Kenya and south of Lake Turkana at the Rift Valley area. Once they had arrived in Kenya in the 15th century, they parted ways with the Maasai of East Africa, who moved to the south while the Samburu moved north. British colonial rule in that area did not affect the Samburu as the British did not find the land of the Samburu particularly attractive.
The way Samburu is run is through gerontocracy, which means that the tribe is run by …show more content…

The diet of the people of Samburu tribe mostly consists of milk and sometimes blood from their cows. Cow blood is collected by pricking a tiny hole in the jugular or the neck of the cow. The blood is then drained into a cup and the wound is immediately sealed with hot ash. Occasionally, they would also drain the blood from slaughtered cows. Meat from the cattle is only consumed in special occasions such as birth of a child, initiation or marriage. The Samburu today are getting more reliant on agricultural products that they purchase. Maize is purchased and is turned into porridge. They would also get some tea and is taken with large quantities of sugar and sometimes

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