East Africa
Kenya
Colonial
English
Anthropology
Ethnographic study of the Gikuyu people written by Kenya's future first president, defending traditional African social structures against colonial disruption.
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First detailed ethnographic study of an African society by an African; became rallying text for Kenyan independence
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editorial-summarynot primary textEthnographic study of the Gikuyu people written by Kenya's future first president, defending traditional African social structures against colonial disruption. First detailed ethnographic study of an African society by an African; became rallying text for Kenyan independence
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