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Kenya

The Pokomo are a Bantu-speaking community living along the Tana River in coastal Kenya. They are traditionally riverine agriculturalists and fishermen, with social organization structured around patrilineal clans that regulate kinship, land tenure, and marriage.

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The Pokomo are a Bantu-speaking community living along the Tana River in coastal Kenya. They are traditionally riverine agriculturalists and fishermen, with social organization structured around patrilineal clans that regulate kinship, land tenure, and marriage.