• PEOPLE NAME: KIKUYU OF KENYA

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba

Language: Gikuyu - (kik)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Kenya

Also found in: Tanzania; Uganda; United States

Population: 8,995,000

Global Population: 9,143,550


PEID: 14805

ROP: 104997

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kikuyu of Kenya, numbering 8,995,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 9,143,550 in 4 countries. Their primary language is Gikuyu. The primary religion practiced by the Kikuyu is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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