Nandi

The Nandi are a Southern Nilotic tribe of the Kalenjin ethnic group. They speak the Nandi dialect, which is closely related to Kipsigis, a Kalenjin language part of the broader Nilo-Saharan linguistic family. With a population of nearly 1 million, they historically occupied the highland areas of the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya, in what is today Nandi County. The Nandi resisted British colonial rule in the early 20th century. They are agriculturalists and pastoralists.