Facing Mount Kenya

by Jomo Kenyatta

Book Overview

With an Introduction by Bronislav Malinkowski, Facing Mount Kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African mind. Facing Mount Kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary Africa, but a work of considerable literary merit. The very sight and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394702107
• ISBN13: 9780394702100
• Release Date: February 1962
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

We have a heritage

Mzee is deep,truly. Too bad I wasn't born early enough to experience him. I read this book a long time ago-9 years, I was 16 then. It moved me, connected me with a fact of me that I didn't know existed. The tribal ways of the Gikuyu are here in detail-read, make yourself proud. PS:I have my uncles supervintage copy and I am not selling it

Gikuyu 101

A good sample of a typical african traditional government. A historical account of the Agikuyu.

Amazing - Must Read For All Young Kikuyus

I got interested in learning more about my culture after listening to incredible stories from the past from a 70 year old Kikuyu woman. I bought the book and it was an intense understanding of my own culture. Its a great shame that not many young Kikuyus know as much about their own rich, beautiful culture. My son has to read it. I wish Kikuyus could recapture some of those traditions.

Reliable source of information on Kikuyu culture.

A most detailed and reliable account on Kikuyu heritage, customs and way of life.

Excellent book on Kikuyu culture!

This book is a must read for anyone interested in Kikuyu culture