Facing Mount Kenya. The Traditional Life of the Gikuyu
Kenyatta, Jomo![Facing Mount Kenya. The Traditional Life of the Gikuyu](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/175/17536996/CHSBZCOP0317536996.jpg)
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the Gikuyu people of central Kenya prior to their contact with Europeans. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an African people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. It is characterised by both insight and a tinge of romanticism. The auth...