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| Duruma | |
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  Duruma Location of Duruma | |
| Coordinates: 4°33′S39°05′E / 4.55°S 39.08°E Coordinates: 4°33′S39°05′E / 4.55°S 39.08°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Kwale County |
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) |
Duruma is a settlement in Kenya's Kwale County.
Duruma is the local dialect of Mijikenda language.
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Mijikenda are a group of nine related Bantu ethnic groups inhabiting the coast of Kenya, between the Sabaki and the Umba rivers, in an area stretching from the border with Tanzania in the south to the border near Somalia in the north. Archaeologist Chapuruka Kusimba contends that the Mijikenda formerly resided in coastal cities, but later settled in Kenya's hinterlands to avoid submission to dominant Portuguese forces that were then in control. Historically, these Mijikenda ethnic groups have been called the Nyika or Nika by outsiders. It is a derogatory term meaning "bush people."
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The Degere are a Mijikenda-speaking group of former hunter-gatherers of Kenya and Tanzania, now settled along the Ramisi, Mwena and Umba rivers, with a few along the coast. They may number no more than a few hundred to at most a few thousand. They are believed to be related to, possibly descended from, the Oromo-speaking Waata. They are variously reported to speak Duruma, Digo, a similar Mijikenda dialect of their own, or to speak Mijikenda with grammatical errors much as the Waata do when they speak Mijikenda.
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