The Mijikenda include nine Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the Kaya forests of coastal Kenya.
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Today, Mijikenda communities are gradually abandoning the Kayas in favour of informal urban settlements.
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Kayas are fortified settlements whose cultural spaces are indispensable for the enactment of living traditions that underscore the identity, continuity and cohesion of the Mijikenda communities.