Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. By Anonymous
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 5
Population: 1,227,800
Unreached people groups: 4
UPG population: 1,144,300
Unengaged UPGs: 3
UUPG population: 236,300
Number of countries: 2
Affinity Bloc: Horn of Africa
Overview: The Rift are a group of South Cushitic-speaking peoples who originated in the Ethiopian highlands and migrated into the Rift Valley of present-day Kenya and Tanzania in the third millennium BC. They are cereal agricultural communities typically governed by councils of elders with a presiding head. Most Rift communities adhere to traditional African religious practices.
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Peoples within this cluster: Alagwa; Burungi; Dahalo; Goroa; Iraqw
Countries where they are found: Kenya; Tanzania
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