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Bameme
Bameme
LuhyaPatrilineal lineageTotem: Leopard (Engwe)
How they identify
Man (singular)Bameme
Woman (singular)Nameme
Clan members (plural)Bameme
Totem & taboos
  • Cannot marry within the same clan
  • Cannot eat or harm the Leopard
  • Marrying within your father's clan is forbidden (clan exogamy)
Sub-clans

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Sources
  • Were, Gideon. A History of the Abaluyia of Western Kenya (1967)
Clan totem
Leopard (Engwe)
Parent ethnic group
Luhya
AbaLuyia
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Sub-group
Bukusu
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At a glance
Clan nameBameme
EndonymBameme
Ethnic groupLuhya
LineagePatrilineal
TotemLeopard (Engwe)
Taboos3 documented
Sub-clans0 documented
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