Editing Demographics of Kenya (section)

===Bantu peoples===
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Bantus are the single largest population division in Kenya. The term ''Bantu'' denotes widely dispersed but related peoples that speak south-central [[Niger–Congo languages]]. Originally from Cameroon-Nigeria border regions, Bantus began a millennium-long series of migrations referred to as the [[Bantu expansion]] that first brought them south into [[East Africa]] about 2,000 years ago.

Most Bantu are farmers. Some of the prominent Bantu groups in Kenya include the [[Kikuyu people|Kikuyu]], the [[Kamba people|Kamba]], the [[Luhya people|Luhya]], the [[Kisii people|Kisii]], the [[Meru people|Meru]], and the [[Mijikenda peoples|Mijikenda]]. The [[Swahili people]] are descended from Wangozi Bantu peoples that intermarried with Arab immigrants.<ref name="Okothndaloh">A. Okoth & A. Ndaloh, ''Peak Revision K.C.P.E. Social Studies'', (East African Publishers), p.60-61.</ref><ref name="SSSTD">S. Wandibba et al, Social Studies STD 6, (East African Publishers), p.45-47.</ref>

The Kikuyu, who are one of the biggest tribes in Kenya, seem to have assimilated a significant number of Cushitic speakers. Evidence from their Y DNA shows that 18% of Kikuyu carry the E1b1b Y DNA.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Henn |first1=Brenna M. |last2=Gignoux |first2=Christopher |last3=Lin |first3=Alice A. |last4=Oefner |first4=Peter J. |last5=Shen |first5=Peidong |last6=Scozzari |first6=Rosaria |last7=Cruciani |first7=Fulvio |last8=Tishkoff |first8=Sarah A. |last9=Mountain |first9=Joanna L. |last10=Underhill |first10=Peter A. |title=Y-chromosomal evidence of a pastoralist migration through Tanzania to southern Africa |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |date=2008-08-05 |volume=105 |issue=31 |pages=10693–10698 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0801184105 |pmid=18678889 |pmc=2504844 |bibcode=2008PNAS..10510693H |doi-access=free }}</ref>