Kikuyu: Social and Political Institutions

ISBN-13: 9781138595668 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 156 str.

H. E. Lambert

Opis

Originally published in 1956, the main emphasis of the book is on the complex age-set organization which constitutes the framework within which the life of every Kikuyu is regulated from infancy to old age.

Spis treści

1. The Tribes of the Unit 2. General Terms Denoting Age 3. The Regimental System (Kikuyu, Embu, Meru) 4. Pre-Initiation Age-Sets 5. The Generation 6. Rituals of the Age Organization 7. Social Functions of the Age Organization 8. Military Functions of the Age Organization 9. Political functions of the Age Organization