Facing Mount Kenya
Subtitle: the tribal life of the Gikuyu.
By: With an introd. by B. Malinowski.
Edition: [1st Vintage ed.]
Series: A Vintage Book, V-210
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Kikuyu (African people); Ethnology -- Africa, East; Primitive societies
Table of contents: title: Tribal origin and kinship system -- The Gikuyu system of land tenure -- Economic life -- Industries -- System of education -- Initiation of boys and girls -- Sex life among young people -- Marriage system -- The Gikuyu system of government -- Religion and ancestor worship -- The new religion in East Africa -- Magical and medical practices -- Conclusion.