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Kenya’s name derives from Mt. Kirinyaga, which means ‘mountain of whiteness’ for the Kikuyu people who lived around the area. For many centuries goods from Arabian and Asian traders, who established the first colonies, have entered the territory due to its proximity to the Arabian Peninsula, along with the Nilotic and Bantu people, who mainly settled inland. Evolving from a mixture of Bantu and Arabic, the Swahili language developed as a trade language between the different groups. The Portuguese arrived in 1498, but in the 1600s the Imam of Oman gained back its dominance. Kenya then emerged from the establishment of a British protectorate and the subsequent Kenya Colony. During this period members of the Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, and Kamba tribes gathered together to fight for freedom, giving birth to the Mau Mau Movement. The movement led to constitutional reforms and finally independence, in 1963. Today Kenyans proudly embrace their individual cultures and traditions, while celebrating the importance of national solidarity through the motto of “Harambee” (“Pulling together” in Swahili). Especially rituals and customs from the country’s rich tradition are very well documented, thanks to an intense anthropological study of Kenya’s peoples during the period of British colonial rule.

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There is a time and a place, Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, circle art agency, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

There is a time and a place, Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, circle art agency, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser

Letion Ketienya

Cephas Mutua Muthini

Kelvin Kariithi

Sarah Waiswa

Naitiemu Nyanjom

Vaghela Gemini

Pascal Chuma

Jerry Timbwah

Margaret Ngigi, sherie secret, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

Margaret Ngigi, sherie secret, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

Margaret Njeri Ngigi

Joseph Baraka

Solomon Powell

Jimmy Kitheka

Samuel Githui

Joseph Mbiyu

Brian Kimani

Jesse Otumba

Musah Mwakelemu

John Ndumia

Grace Ndiritu

George Kamiti

Jackie Karuti

Jebet Naava

Jim Chuchu

Artist | Curator

Jimmy Ogonga

Kawira Mwirichia

Lincoln Mwangi

Michael Soi

Michael Musyoka

Miriam Syowia Kyambi

Osborne Macharia

Richard Onyango

Dennis Muraguri

Onyis Martin

Patti Endo

David Thuku

Churchill Ongere

Muriuki Jemes

Mwangi Hutter

Mimi Cherono Ng'ok

Peterson Kamwathi

Shabu Mwangi

Beatrice Wanjiku

Wambui Nduhiu

Kaloki Nyamai

Clinton Artisto

Longinos Nagila

Paul Onditi

Peteros Ndunde

Richard Kimathi

Robin Mbera

Teddy Mitchener

Alex Wainaina

Kevin Ndege

Benson Gitari

Boniface Maina

Cyrus Kabiru

Events in Kenya

New Sculptures by Dennis Muraguri

Various small fires: a group exhibition of emerging artists from Kenya, Tanzania and Eritrea

lemek-sompoika-abstract-patterns-kenya-art-and-about-africa, red hill art gallery

lemek-sompoika-abstract-patterns-kenya-art-and-about-africa, red hill art gallery

Lemek Sompoika: Abstract Patterns

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Behind the river: Souad Abdelrassoul

There is a time and a place, Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, circle art agency, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

There is a time and a place, Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser, circle art agency, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa

There is a time and a place by Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser

Surafel Amare, circle art agency, art and about africa

Surafel Amare, circle art agency, art and about africa

Addis Contemporary II (6 years on)

Group show: selected artists from Kenya, Uganda & Sudan

Nairobi Design Week

Art spaces in Kenya

The Kobo Trust

The Nest Collective

Brush Tu Collective

Space 65

Art Orodha Kenya

One Off Art Gallery

The GoDown Arts Centre

Kuona Artists Collective

The Little Art Gallery

The Shifteye Gallery

Banana Hill Art Gallery

Circle Art Gallery

Diani Beach Art Gallery

National Gallery

National Museum of Kenya

Cities in Kenya

Malindi

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Malindi

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Mombasa

Modern Mombasa traces its heritage back to the Thenashara Taifa, a Swahili clan that still maintains an unbroken chain of customs and traditions.

Eastern Africa

Mombasa

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Nairobi

Nairobi takes its name from a water hole known to the Maasai people as Enkare Nairobi (“Cold Water”). Before the late 1890s, the city was an uninhabited swamp that was chosen for its network of rivers and high elevation as...

Eastern Africa

Nairobi

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Art Spaces (16)

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