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With a prehistoric people, the Akikuyu of British East AfricaBook 1910 • Routledge, W. Scoresby (William Scoresby) & Routledge, Scoresby, Mrs., b. 1866
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This source is a highly regarded example of early British ethnology, written by two skilled and sensitive observers who spent two years among the Kikuyu. Major attention throughout the book is focussed on detailed description of custom and artifact, ...