The Kikuyu and Kamba of Kenya : East Central Africa Part V

Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected ethnographic information on the peoples of Africa, using all available sources: archives, memoirs and reports as well as anthropological research which, in 1945, had only just begun. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Introduction -- I. The Kikuyu -- Tribal and Sub-Tribal Groupings and Demography -- Nomenclature and location -- Demographic data -- Neighbouring peoples -- Traditions of origin and history -- Modern developments -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Agriculture, livestock and diet -- Trade -- Forms of economic organization -- Distribution of labour -- Crafts -- Arts, music, dances and games -- Kikuyu Social and Political Institutions -- The mihiriga -- The mbari -- Settlement pattern and homestead -- Kikuyu territorial system -- Kikuyu age-grades or status-grades -- The Kikuyu age-sets and the generation-set system -- Kinship system -- Political organization of the Northern tribes -- Law and legal procedure -- Inheritance and succession -- Kikuyu land tenure -- Land tenure among the Northern tribes -- Slavery -- Main Cultural Features -- Physical and mental characteristics -- Dress -- Life cycle -- birth -- second birth -- initiation -- betrothal and marriage -- death and burial -- Traditional religious beliefs and ritual -- Modern religious movements -- Kikuyu "guilds"--Magic and sorcery -- Myths and cosmology -- II. The Kamba -- Tribal and Sub-tribal Groupings -- Nomenclature and location -- Neighbouring peoples -- Demography -- Traditions of origin and history -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Agriculture, livestock and diet -- Trade -- Crafts -- Music and dances -- Games -- Distribution of labour -- Social Organization and Political System -- Kinship system -- Fictional kinship -- Clan system -- Territorial system -- Age-grade system -- Legal procedure and local government -- Legal code -- Land tenure -- Inheritance and succession -- Main Cultural Features -- Dress