Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu

activities African age-grade age-group ancestral spirits animals arogi asked banana beer behaviour boys calabash called cattle child circumcised clan clitoridectomy council crops cultivation custom dances daughter district duty economic elders especially European evil spirits family group father feast fire Fort Hall friends Gikuyu country Gikuyu language Gikuyu religion Gikuyu society Gikuyu system girl girl's give given hands homestead husband initiates irua itwika Kere-Nyaga kiama kia Kiambu district killed kinship land tenure living love magic magician maize marriage married Masai mbari missionaries Mogai Mogo Moombi moramati morathi morogi mother Mwene-Nyaga mwere mzungu Ndorobo ndundu Ngai ngoma ngweko njama Nyeri oath parents peace polygamy rain religious ritual roracio sacred tree sacrifice sexual intercourse sheep and goats sheep or goats social songs spears things tribal organisation tribe Wakamba warriors Watu wa Mngu wife wives woman women young