Facing Mount Kenya : the tribal life of the Gikuyu

With an Introduction by Bronislav Malinkowski, Facing Mount Kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African mind. Facing Mount Kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary Africa, but a work of considerable literary merit. The very sight and sound of Kikuyu tribal life presented here are at once comprehensive and intimate, and as precise as they are compassionate. 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.'

'facing Mount Kenya' Is A Central Document Of The Highest Distinction In Anthropological Literature, An Invaluable Key To The Structure Of African Society And The Nature Of The African Mind. 'facing Mount Kenya' Is Not Only A Formal Study Of Life And Death, Work And Play, Sex And The Family In One Of The Greatest Tribes Of Contemporary Africa, But A Work Of Considerable Literary Merit. The Very Sight And Sound Of Kikuyu Tribal Life Presented Here Are At Once Comprehensive And Intimate, And As Precise As They Are Compassionate.

A comprehensive study of the structure of African society by one of its own leaders Jomo Kenyatta. Using a compassionate tone, describes the life, death, work, play, sex, and the family in the Kikuyu tribe THE GIKUYU tribal organisation is based on three most important factors, without which there can be no harmony in the tribal activities.