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Facing Mount Kenya

von Kenyatta, Jomo

Anthropology History Non-Fiction

ISBN

9966460179

Verlag

East African Educational Publishers

Erschienen

31.01.2015

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Anthropology African Culture Gikuyu People Kenya Pre-Colonial Africa Social Institutions Religious Rites Cultural Traditions Ethnography African Studies Historical Documentation Indigenous Societies African Heritage Non-Fiction 1930s Literature Cultural Anthropology Sociology African History Traditional Societies Ethnographic Monograph African Authors

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Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by both insight and a tinge of romanticism. The author, proud of his African blood and ways of thought, takes the reader through a thorough and clear picture of Gikuyu life and customs, painting an almost utopian picture of their social norms and the sophisticated codes by which all aspects of the society were governed. This book is one of a kind, capturing and documenting traditions fast disappearing. It is therefore a must-read for all who want to learn about African culture.