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Kikuyu social and political institutionsBook 1956 • Lambert, H. E.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
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 ...The systems of land tenure in the Kikuyu land unitbook chapter 1950 • Lambert, H. E.
Okiek • Africa > Eastern Africa
In this chapter the author attempts to identify and locate each subgroup or remnant of the Okiek (Dorobo). On the basis of linguistic, cultural and physical anthropological data he reconstructs their pre-contact and post-contact history....