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	Samburu may also refer to Samburu National Reserve Samburu National Reserve The Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve in Northern Kenya.... or Samburu District Samburu District Samburu District is a districts of Kenya in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km? in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live.... The Samburu are an ethnic group Ethnic group An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic... in north central Kenya Kenya The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border.... that are related to but distinct from the Maasai Maasai The Maasai are an Indigenous peoples African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well-known African ethnic groups internationally.... . The Samburu are semi-nomad Nomad Nomadic people, , also known as nomads, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than Settler in one location.... ic pastoralists who herd mainly cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. The name they use for themselves is Lokop or Loikop, a term which may have a variety of meanings which Samburu themselves do not agree on. Many assert that it refers to them as "owners of the land" ("lo" refers to ownership, "nkop" is land) though others present a very different interpretation of the term. The Samburu speak the Samburu language Samburu language Samburu is the Eastern Nilotic languages, North Maa languages language spoken by the Samburu in the highlands of northern Kenya. The Samburu number about 128,000 .... . There is also a game park in the area, Samburu National Reserve Samburu National Reserve The Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve in Northern Kenya.... . Location They live north of the equator Equator The equator is the intersection of the Earth's surface with the Plane perpendicular to the Earth's rotation and containing the Earth's center of mass.... in Samburu District Samburu District Samburu District is a districts of Kenya in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km? in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live.... , an area roughly 8000 square miles (21,000 km²). Its landscape is one of great diversity and beauty. Before and a few years after independence the area north of the equator was called the Northern Frontier District (NFD). Samburu district was once a large part of the NFD. Only government officials were allowed to enter and it was closed to foreigners of both Europe Europe Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast.... an and African descent. A special permit issued by the administration was required to enter the NFD. Even today Samburuland is still a remote area. Ethnic Classification The Samburu are part of the Maa Maa languages The Maa languages are a group of closely related Eastern Nilotic languages spoken in parts of Kenya and Tanzania by more than a million speakers altogether.... speaking people as are the Maasai. About 95% of the words of both languages are the same. The name 'Samburu' is also of Maasai origin and is derived from the word 'Samburr' which is a leather bag used by the Samburu to carry a variety of things. It is unclear when Samburu became a distinct ethnic identity. As is common many places around the world, ethnic identities became fixed and defined at the point of colonial contact. 19th century European travellers often referred to Samburu as "Burkineji" (people of the white goats), and there are many interconnections with other neighboring ethnic groups. Some Samburu are descended from remnants of the Laikipiak Maasai, a Maasai section which was destroyed in the late 19th century. Others are from Rendille Rendille The Rendille are an ethnic group inhabiting the Kaisut Desert of Kenya. They are often referred to as "the holders of the stick of God".They are nomadic pastoralists who roam with their camels across about 16,000 square kilometers of Northern Kenya.... , Turkana Turkana Turkana may refer to:* Turkana people of Kenya* Turkana language of Kenya* Lake Turkana in Kenya* Lake Turkana National Parks* Turkana District in Kenya... and Borana Borana The Borana Oromo, also called the Boran, are a Pastoralism ethnic group living in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.... ethnicity. Samburu practice polygynous marriage, and a man may have multiple wives. A Samburu settlement is known as a nkang or manyatta. It may consist of only one family, composed of a man and his wife/wives. Each woman has her own house, which she builds out of local materials, such as sticks, mud and cow dung. Large ritual settlements, known as lorora may consist of 20 or more families. However, settlements tend towards housing two or three families, with perhaps 5-6 houses built in a rough circle with an open space in the centre. The circle of huts is surrounded by thorn bush fence. One of the groups in the third Survivor Survivor: Africa *Survivor: Africa* was the third season of the United States reality show Survivor . It was filmed during 2001 and aired fromOctober 11, 2001 - January 10, 2002 on CBS.... was named "Samburu" in honor of the real Samburu, the other being "Boran," after Borana Borana The Borana Oromo, also called the Boran, are a Pastoralism ethnic group living in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.... . External links