Kwavi people
| (Bantu, Nilotic) Bantu, Nilotic (including those of ancestral descent) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Kenya, Tanzania | |
| Languages | |
| Possibly Loikop or a dialect of Maa and Swahili | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional beliefs and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maasai people, Laikipiak people, Uasin Gishu people, Enganglima people, Kamba people, Galla people | |
Notable conflicts include the Iloikop wars and raids against neighboring communities. |
The Kwavi people were a community commonly spoken of in the folklore of a number of Kenyan and Tanzanian communities that inhabited regions of south-central Kenya and north-central Tanzania at various points in history. The conflicts between the Uasin Gishu/Masai and Kwavi form much of the literature of what are now known as the Iloikop wars.