Book
Kikuyu social and political institutions
International African Institute • London • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Lambert, H. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is primarily a study of the organization of Kikuyu age sets and their social and political functions. Institutions which are intimately connected with the age sets such as the initiatory rites and the 'kiama' are discussed in detail. The division of political powers, the selection of local leaders, and the functioning of the judicial and legislative machinery are the main political topics described in this volume. Information on the nearby Meru, Chuka, Embu and Tharaka peoples has been marked for the Chuka file. The Kikuyu 'kiama' which has social as well as political functions is marked for 575 Sodalities. Its military and judicial functions, however, are marked for categories 701 and 692 respectively.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Territorial hierarchy
- Personal names
- Age stratification
- Puberty and initiation
- Regulation of marriage
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Childhood activities
- Disasters
- Premarital sex relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gikuyu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1935-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1935-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. E. Lambert
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 56002491
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kikuyu (African people)