The Pokot people (also spelled Pökoot) live in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda. They form a section of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, Tuken and other members of the Kalenjin ...

The Pokot people live in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda. They form a section of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, Tuken and other members of the Kalenjin language group.

A fair estimate indicates that there are close to 700,000 Pokot speakers in Kenya and Uganda. Based on areal and cultural differences, the Pokot people can be divided into two groups (Rottland 1982): the Hill Pökot and the Plains Pokot .

The Pokot are part of the Kalenjin community who are highland Nilotes originating from southern Ethiopia. They migrated southward into Kenya as early as 2,000 years ago. The Pokot are...

The Pokot are a Kalenjin-speaking people whose language (ng'ala Pokot, "tongue or language of Pokot") incorporates words from the neighboring Karamojong and Turkana.

The Pokot are a Kalenjin-speaking people whose language (ng'ala Pokot, "tongue or language of Pokot") incorporates words from the neighboring Karamojong and Turkana.

The place we now call West Pokot has for forever and a day been the homeland of the Pokot or Suk community. They migrated southward into Kenya as early as 2,000 years ago. The Pokot are part of the Kalenjin community, who are highland Nilotes originating from southern Ethiopia.

The Pokot community has diverse cultural practices and heritage. Pokot community has ceremonies and rituals celebrated year in year out. Because of it's proximity to the their neighbors, Pokot has borrowed extensively from the Turkana, Karamoja and Samburu communities which are also pastoralists.

The Pokot people (also spelled Pökoot) live in West Pokot County and Baringo County in Kenya and in the Pokot District of the eastern Karamoja region in Uganda.The Pokot, who inhabit an area in Western Kenya and Uganda, base their society on the extended family and the clans.

2018年7月31日 · The pastoralists Pokot have for over a century suffered systemic marginalization and neglect by successive governments of Kenya. The paper presents who the pastoralist Pokot are, where they live, origin, forms and manifestations of social marginalization they suffer.