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Definition of Samburu in English: Samburunoun samˈbʊruː 1A member of a mainly pastoral people of northern Kenya. Example sentencesExamples - I doubt if you get the kind of laughter in the slums of Johannesburg or Nairobi that you still experience among the Samburu in Northern Kenya.
- The Maasai are speakers of the Maa language, which is also spoken by the Samburu and the Chamus living in central Kenya.
- The poorest schools in Kenya are found in the semiarid areas occupied by the nomadic communities like the Maasai, Samburu, Turkana, and Somali.
- For instance, the battle dance of the Samburu contains fierce jumping motions, which simulate actions of a raid.
- Seneiya is a proud Samburu by birth but her broad-based education has given her a different perspective to her tribal contemporaries.
2mass noun The Nilotic language of the Samburu. Example sentencesExamples - The El Molo mainly speak Samburu now, a slightly different dialect.
- Major ethnic languages in Kenya include Kikuyu, Luo, Kiluyia, Kikamba, Samburu, Maasai, and others.
adjective samˈbʊruː Relating to the Samburu or their language. Example sentencesExamples - During the twentieth century, Samburu women started to adopt beaded necklaces, among them the flat necklaces of the Maasai, and gradually stopped making the mporro.
- The most beautiful and sympathetic photographs in the book are those of the Samburu people of Kenya - Thesiger's home for 20 years until he retired to Surrey in 1994.
- When his saviour, Grace Seneiya, an itinerant teacher in the sacred Samburu lands of northern Kenya, set him free, Mitas could barely walk or talk.
- Up to 200 members of the Masai and Samburu communities are seeking compensation for the deaths of as many as 50 people killed by unexploded munitions.
- The main lodge stretched above a sandy river bank, shaded by trees where one could look across the river and see Samburu tribesmen and their herds.
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