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Heart of Kenya
The Kikuyu, who refer to Mount Kenya as Kirinyaga, traditionally revere it as home to their omnipotent deity Ngai.
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meerkat
This burrowing mongoose relative lives in cooperative groups of 3 to 25 individuals.
environmental law
As the impact of human activity on the environment becomes more pronounced, this body of regulations seeks to protect the natural world.
Molière
This French playwright seems to have been incapable of visualizing any situation without animating and dramatizing it, often beyond the limits of probability.
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