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The El-Molo are the smallest ethnic group in Kenya, numbering about 300 people.
They originally settled in the north of Lake Turkana but were forced by the other tribes to move south to the small islands. There are now gathered into two villages, Anderi and Illah, respectively 150 and 70 inhabitants.
The Samburu name for El molo means “the people who eat fish”. As a matter of fact, the El-Molo’s life is based on fishing, and that is why they suffer greatly of the increasing pollution of the lake. Their main diet is based on fish and occasionally crocodile, turtle and other wildlife. Killing hippos gives a great social status to the warrior. They hunted from rafts with hand-made harpoons from acacia roots, their fishing nets are made from doum palm fiber. The El-Molo still live in small dorm-shapes huts, built on the shore of Lake Turkana, even if they are slowly being replaced by permanent concrete homes. Like the Samburu, the El molo wear necklaces and bracelets made of colored beads. Nowadays, only the elder dress in a traditional way.
Most of them are not “real” Molo since they have been combined with Samburu and Turkana bloodlines. Intermarriage with other tribes and abandonment of the nomadic lifestyle has helped to raise their numbers. So they certainly have taken the customs from both tribes. The originality of this ethny is that they mixed their traditions with christendom. For example, a El Molo women will wear a tribal necklace and a cross at the same time.

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