Kikuyu

There were a number of groups that formed in response to the unjust policies of the British governing them, the first major one being the Kikuyu Central Association. This group petitioned against the colonial rule, rejecting their authority and campaigning against the “kipande,” which was the collection of fingerprints and personal information of all African males intending to restrict the…

something with strong psychological implications. I chose to examine an article written by Susan Abbott and Ruben Klein titled Depression and Anxiety among Rural Kikuyu in Kenya. Although it was a very interesting read, the conclusions Abbott and Klein made about depression and anxiety were based on comparisons between Western and Kikuyu cultural standards, which is ethnocentric and does not allow us to form legitimate claims unless additional information…

and Ngai took control of the sky. Ngai is known to have no gender but is known to be a masculine and feminine. Their god is believed to have a kind side and a evil sid. The Maasai believe that their god created three groups of people; the Torrobo, Kikuyu, and the Maasai. All these groups of people believe that their god gave them the power of the world and the earth revolves around…

include: Shrines and sacred groves: These Certain trees and groves that were considered sacred thus set aside as special places/ sites for offering sacrifices to the gods and spirits. Prayers were also conducted here. For example, Mugumo tree among the Kikuyu community, Murembe tree among the Tiriki, and the Kaya Forests along the Kenyan coast. Such areas were protected by elders from destruction leading to the preservation/ conservation of species therein. Among the Tiriki, sacred groves…

that men face when they left their families behind. The readers know that Ngugi wa Thiong’o faced great hardships growing up as a member of the Kikuyu people because the “Before You Read” page talks about his life as a child. The short passage says that Thiong’o’s mother was tortured, and his brother was killed in the Mau Mau rebellion. The subject of Kikuyu people in torture camps hits hard for the author because his family was a victim of it. Thiong’o writes “The Return” from a returning…

such as the Zulu from South Africa, and Kikuyu from Kenya. Many people believe that the Bantu, started in present day Cameroon, but soon spread to many different places around the continent, taking up many different styles, and languages, though all similar to the main one. The Bantu tribes were often admired for military strength. The Zulu in South Africa, were able to fight and defeat a British army who had rifles and cannons with only spears, and the Kikuyu held a heroic rebellion against…

control of Kikuyu land, which was a tribe of Kenya. As soon as Europeans took their land, the Kikuyu began noticing negative effects, “there was now no room for the land to rest and it was tired. The food it grew was poor and there was not enough grown on it for all to eat.” The people went poor due to taxes and many had no homes because Europeans took them or took the land they were on to mine for gold. At one point of time, there were 1,200 people living on just 200 acres of land. The…

take control of their lands. Although, these lands were not unsettled. The Kikuyu people were an ethnic group that populated the majority of Kenya. When the British army barged through the land they committed thousands of atrocities in order to eradicate all barriers. With the killings proceeding, Winston Churchill saw the negative impact a one-sided war did to a nation. With this in mind it was no surprise that the Kikuyu people needed to be villainized which Walcott gladly perpetuates in his…

empire. They include the Heritage Hotels, Mediamax Group that owns K24 and the People Daily, Commercial Bank of Africa and Brookside Dairy. Jomo Kenyatta's only known sibling was James Muigai, the first boy to be enrolled at Alliance High School in Kikuyu during the school's opening in 1926. He was the father to Ngengi Muigai who upon Kenyatta's death inherited his Gatundu parliamentary seat. Ngengi's sister, Beth Wambui Mugo, was a long-serving MP for Dagoretti constituency in Nairobi until she…

School-based education was introduced to Kenyan Maasailand by the Christian missionaries and the State at varying times between 1903 and 1918 respectively. John Stauffacher, an American missionary of the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) was the first to introduce Christianity and school- based education among the Kenyan Maasai. He first established his base among the Maasai of Naivasha area in the Rift Valley in 1903. When he arrived among the Maasai, Stauffacher became friends with Maasai youths.…