Book
Mau Mau and the Kikuyu
Methuen & Co. • London • Published In 1952 • Pages:
By: Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author, an authority on the Kikuyu and the prehistory of East Africa, was born and bred among the Kikuyu people. This book was written specifically to show how and why the Mau Mau movement has come into being, and what should be done to alleviate its causes. Part I of the book gives a summary of Kikuyu institutions and beliefs prior to the coming of the Europeans; particularly that of land tenure, marriage customs, initiation ceremonies, social organization, religious beliefs and magical practices. Part II traces the breakdown of these institutions and beliefs under the impact of European missionary and colonial activities, and the consequent rise of anti-European religious and political movements culminating in the outbreak of Mau Mau violence. Part III is a presentation of remedial measures suggested by the author. For an exposition of the Kikuyu point of view from an active participant in the Anti-European movement, see 4: Kenyatta of this file.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Political movements
- Revolution
- External relations
- Traditional history
- History
- Real property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- Marriage
- Family
- Kin groups
- Ecclesiastical organization
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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. 1925-1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1925-1952
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- L. S. B. Leakey
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53001186
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kikuyu (African people)