Bibliographies in Sources

Real Property

Inheritance

Gender Status

Lineages

Dying

Ingroup Antagonisms

Community Councils

Local Officials

External Relations

Political Parties

Political Movements

Judicial Authority

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Division of Labor by Gender

Material Not Relevant

Priesthood

Missions

Religious Intolerance and Martyrs

Childhood Activities

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Sociocultural Trends

Labor Supply and Employment

Identification

Social Relationships and Groups

Extended Families

Kin Relationships

Localized Kin Groups

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Medical Care

Revelation and Divination

Cult of the Dead

Status and Treatment of the Aged

Cereal Agriculture

Special Crops

Buying and Selling

Traditional History

Writing

5310

Verbal Arts

Music

Musical Instruments

Burial Practices and Funerals

Eschatology

Population

Composition of Population

Rest Days and Holidays

Ritual

Organized Ceremonial

Puberty and Initiation

Collecting

Hunting and Trapping

Tillage

Cultural Identity and Pride

Social Control

Age Stratification

Community Structure

Reviews and Critiques

Regulation of Marriage

Mode of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Nuptials

Social Personality

Streets and Traffic

Labor and Leisure

Revolution

Education System

External Migration

Historical Reconstruction

Settlement Patterns

Linguistic Identification

Kinship Terminology

Rules of Descent

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Sacred Objects and Places

Prayers and Sacrifices

Congregations

Internal Trade

External Trade

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Dwellings

Household

Family Relationships

Polygamy

Transmission of Skills

Residence

GIKUYU

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

FRONT

BODY

eHRAF World Cultures

Explore search results through word clouds.

Compare cultures overlayed on a map.

Drill down through the search results by region and culture.

Sort Results By

Display Use Fors

The Gikuyu are a Bantu-speaking people living in central Kenya. Pre-colonial Gikuyu were hunters and gatherers who adopted cultivation over time. Organized along lineages, clans and age-grades, traditional Gikuyu society was politically decentralized. The oldest males of kin groups and/or councils of residential communities were responsible for administering land and other political issues.  In the 1940 and 1950s, many Gikuyu families were dislocated from their land by the colonial government in order to settle farmers of European descent. The Gikuyu responded to this injustice by organizing an insurgency movement called Land and Freedom Fighters (also known as Mau Mau). The Gikuyu continue to dominate Kenya's post-independence national politics and economic life largely due to their demographic majority and earlier access to modern education.

Gikuyu

Loading...

Cite This Item

Copy Citation

Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (author date)

APA 7th Edition

MLA 9th Edition

Harvard Reference Format (author date)

Export Citation

Log In

Gikuyu

Loading...

Your privacy