Acknowledgements
essay 2004 Edwards, Carolyn P. & Whiting, Beatrice Blyth

GikuyuAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document contains the opening pages of an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha....

Background and contexts
essay 2004 Edwards, Carolyn P. & Whiting, Beatrice Blyth

GikuyuAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document introduces a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes the physical geography, demography and other aspects of village life by way of setting the background and context for subs...

The university as gateway to a complex world
essay 2004 Edwards, Carolyn P. et al.

GikuyuAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document discusses the attitudes of educated Kenyan youth conerning family roles and obligations. Based on surveys administered to a group of 19 Gikuyu-speaking University of Nairobi stud...

The village and its families
essay 2004 Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.

GikuyuAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document is a chapter from an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha. Specif focus of this document includes gende...

The historical stage
essay 2004 Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.

GikuyuAfrica > Eastern Africa
This document reconstructs history of a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes changes in community organization, economic activities and acess to education and markets by way of setting t...