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Kenya

The Rendille are a Cushitic-speaking pastoralist community with a rich cultural heritage. Their social structure is organized into clans, each associated with a totem animal, reflecting their ancestral traditions and connection to nature.

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The Rendille are a Cushitic-speaking pastoralist community inhabiting northern Kenya, particularly Marsabit County. They are traditionally camel herders and organize their society through patrilineal clans and age-set systems, which regulate marriage, leadership, and social obligations.