Facing Mount Kenya

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"Facing Mount Kenya" is an influential ethnographic study of Kikuyu society and culture written by Kenyan independence leader Jomo Kenyatta.

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instanceOf book
ethnography
about African nationalism
British colonialism in Kenya
cultural identity
author Jomo Kenyatta NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kenya NERFINISHED
describes Kikuyu economic life
Kikuyu initiation ceremonies
Kikuyu land system
Kikuyu legal customs
Kikuyu marriage practices
Kikuyu religious beliefs
Kikuyu social structure
genre anthropology
ethnography
hasISBN 9780435905484
hasLaterEdition Heinemann African Writers Series edition NERFINISHED
hasPart chapter on initiation rites
chapter on land tenure
chapter on marriage customs
chapter on political organization
chapter on religion and magic
hasPerspective insider ethnography
hasPrefaceBy Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
hasReception considered a classic of African ethnography
hasSubjectHeading Ethnology—Kenya
Kenya—Social life and customs NERFINISHED
Kikuyu (African people) NERFINISHED
influencedBy Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
language English
mainSubject Kikuyu culture
Kikuyu people NERFINISHED
Kikuyu society NERFINISHED
notableFor African-authored ethnography of an African society
critique of colonial policies in Kenya
defense of Kikuyu culture
pageCount ~340
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1938
publisher Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED
setIn Central Kenya NERFINISHED
Kikuyu country
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century
precolonial Kikuyu society
usedAs reference in African studies
text in anthropology courses

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