The central tribes of the north-eastern Bantu: (The Kikuyu, including Embu, Meru, Mbere, Chuka, Mwimbi, Tharaka, and the Kamba of Kenya)

Middleton, John

book chapter

The central tribes of the north-eastern Bantu: (The Kikuyu, including Embu, Meru, Mbere, Chuka, Mwimbi, Tharaka, and the Kamba of Kenya)

International African Institute • (5) • Published In 1953 • Pages: i-x, 11-71, 96-106

By: Middleton, John.

Abstract
This source is a part of the Ethnographic Survey of Africa sponsored by the International African Institute. Its aim is to present a concise, critical and accurate account of the African peoples. This volume is a compilation of literary sources on the peoples of Kenya, relying mostly on the works of Routledge, Dundas, Hobley, Lindblom, Lambert, and Kenyatta. Where descrepancies occur among the authorities, the author has been frequently unable to resolve them satisfactorily. The information presented is largely factual and comparatively brief. It includes descriptions of demographic distribution, language, physical environment, economic features, social and political organization, life cycle, and religious or magical practices. Scattered references on the northern tribes have been marked for the Chuka file.

Traditional history

Community structure

External relations

Topography and geology

Accumulation of wealth

Diet

Retail marketing

Division of labor by gender