Facing Mount Kenya
the tribal life of the Gikuyu
[School ed.]
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Author
Contributions
- Kariuki, Josiah Mwangi, 1929-1975, ed. - Contributor
Publication
1971 - Heinemann Educational Books, Nairobi, Kenya
Language
English
Word Count
42,250 words, Guess
Page Count
169 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefacingmountkenya00keny
- ISBN-100435926012
- ISBN-139780435926014
- LibraryThing170090
- Goodreads5100290
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- Library of Congress Control Number72186973
- OCLC Control Number2656505
- Open LibraryOL5333739M
Classifications
- DDC301.29/676/2
- LCCDT433.542 .K45 1971
Description
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is an anthropological study of the people of the Kikuyu tribe of central Kenya. It was written by native Kikuyu and future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta. The book's introduction was written by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, who mentored Kenyatta while both were at the London School of Economics. Malinowski wrote 'As a first-hand account of a representative African culture, as an invaluable document in the principles underlying culture-contact and change and as a personal statement of the new outlook of a progressive African, this book will rank as a pioneering achievement of outstanding merit.'
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