Kenya: Media

Videos

How the Maasai protect wildlife in Kenya
Overview of a privately managed wildlife sanctuary on the Laikipia Plateau, central...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Joe Sohm/Dreamstime.com
Observe subsistence fishing practices in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya
Subsistence fishing off the Kenyan coast.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The threatened habitat of the golden-rumped elephant shrew
Learn about the golden-rumped elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus).
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

Images

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Kenya
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Kenya: Great Rift Valley
Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game...
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Physical features of Kenya
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flamingos in Lake Nakuru
Kenya's Lake Nakuru is known for the vast numbers of pink flamingos that historically...
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Taita Hills
Acacia trees in the Taita Hills, Kenya.
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savanna in Kenya
The sun sets on a savanna in the African country of Kenya.
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herd of zebras
Herd of zebras in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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superb starling
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus), Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya.
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Jamia Mosque
The shining domes of Jamia Mosque, Nairobi.
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workers drying coffee
Cooperative workers drying coffee on racks in Nyeri.
Brian Seed from TSW—CLICK/Chicago
field of sisal in Kenya
A field of sisal in southeastern Kenya.
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Kenyan one hundred-shilling banknote
One hundred-shilling banknote from Kenya (front side).
Image source: Audrius Tomonis - www.banknotes.com
wildebeests crossing the Mara River
Wildebeests crossing the Mara River, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
© Andrew Chappell
cheetah in Maasai Mara National Reserve
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
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Boston Marathon; Catherine Ndereba
Catherine Ndereba of Kenya winning the 2000 Boston Marathon.
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eastern Africa partitioned, c. 1914
Eastern Africa as partitioned by the imperial powers, c. 1914.
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Central Africa, c. 1902
Map of Central Africa from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica,...
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Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta.
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Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki, 2003.
Susan Sterner/The White House
Raila Odinga
Raila Odinga, 2011.
Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo
Westgate mall attack: damaged parking lot
The parking lot outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, after al-Shabaab gunmen...
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Lake Baringo
A view of Lake Baringo, Great Rift Valley, west-central Kenya.
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Lake Magadi
The pink-hued Lake Magadi is located in the Great Rift Valley in southern Kenya.
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blue wildebeests
Blue wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) drinking at the water's edge, Masai...
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Kenya: traditional clothing
Women in traditional clothing, Kenya, East Africa.
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East African mountains and lakes
Mountains and lakes of East Africa.
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Kenya
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Audio

National anthem of Kenya
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Kenya.

Interactives

Kenya: Ethnic composition
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Kenya: Religious affiliation
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Kenya: Urban-rural
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Kenya: Age breakdown
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Kenya: Major import sources
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Kenya: Major export destinations
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