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Mau Mau and the KikuyuBook 1952 • Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett)
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
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...Some notes on the Masai of Kenya Colonyarticle 1930 • Leakey, L. S. B. (Louis Seymour Bazett)
Maasai • Africa > Eastern Africa
These notes were gathered by Mr. Leakey from four Maasai informants living on the Maasai Reserve in the Mau Escarpment of Kenya. The bulk of data is arranged in terms of the individual life cycle both for the Maasai man and woman, including the custo...