Kikuyu Migration: Unveiling Secrets from Egypt to Mount Kenya
The Kikuyu are the most populous community in Kenya The House of Mumbi The Kikuyu do not have a tradition of a migration from Egypt. Their Myth of Origin is a sort of Adam and Eve affair. It states that God created a man and a woman and placed them near Mount Kenya. The couple had nine daughters who miraculously received nine men to marry them after their father’s prayers. The Kikuyu call themselves The House of Mumbi in honor of this Mother who was also a potter. However, as I will show here, linguistic and comparative studies between Kikuyu culture and that of 18 th Dynasty Egypt tell a different story. Who were the Kikuyu? The Kikuyu are classified linguistically as Highland Bantus together with the Kamba, Kuria and Gusii, Embu, Tharaka, and Meru of Kenya. The latter three are classified as Kikuyu by this researcher due to their common origins. The other Highland Bantus in East Africa are the Meru (Tanzanian), Segeju, Sonjo, Ikoma, Chagga, Gweno, S...