Mount kenya national park was established in 1949 to protect mount kenya, the wildlife and surrounding environment, which forms a habitat for wild animals, as well as acting as an area for the catchment of water, to supply kenyas water. Jane kanjuru dean shttm academic qualifications phd hospitality management. This book signaled another name change, to jomo burning spear kenyatta. Facing mount kenya, first published in 1938, is an anthropological study of the people of the kikuyu ethnicity of central kenya. The traditional life of the gikuyu african writers series, issn 00654108 heinemann african writers series issue 16 of mercury books. Wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Mount kenya university bachelor of science in hospitality and tourism management. Facing mount kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary africa.
Civil appeal 281 a of 2003 kenya law kenya law reports. It was written by native kikuyu and future kenyan president jomo kenyatta. Buy a cheap copy of facing mount kenya book by jomo kenyatta. Mount kenya mount kenya national park 2020 all you. Told from an african standpoint, the book shows both the rich culture of the gikuyu people, as well as the dangers of european influence over a population of. The books introduction was written by anthropologist bronislaw malinowski, who mentored kenyatta while both were at the london school of economics. See more ideas about jomo kenyatta, kenya and black history.
Apr 05, 2011 besides its continuing value for an understanding of the problems of kenya, facing mount kenyahas an enduring place in the literature of social anthropology. Other articles where facing mount kenya is discussed. Besides its continuing value for an understanding of the problems of kenya, facing mount kenya has an enduring place in the literature of social anthropology. Kenyatta, later kenya s first president, wrote this vivid collection of essays for bronislaw malinowskis anthropology seminar at the london school of economics and published them in britain in 1938 as a monograph on the life and customs of the kikuyu people before colonial conquest. The light they saw at the top of the mountain, which they called ira, was in fact snow and ice. With an introduction by bronislav malinkowski, facing mount kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of african society and the nature of the african mind. Facing mount kenya, the tribal life of the gikuyu, by jomo kenyatta. Jomo kenyatta, who would go on to be, arguably, the most important figure in kenyan history, gives a plainspoken dissertation on his people in a style reminiscent of franz.
Kenyatta writes in this text, the cultural and historical traditions of the gikuyu people have been verbally handed down from generation to. Aug 19, 2010 facing mount kenya by jomo kenyatta, 1965, vintage books edition, in english. Buy facing mount kenya by jomo kenyatta from waterstones today. Kenyatta, later kenyas first president, wrote this vivid collection of essays for bronislaw malinowskis anthropology seminar at the london school of economics and published them in britain in 1938 as a monograph on the life and customs of. He has played the defining role in challenging the white supremacy in kenyan political and social atmosphere and eventually led many movements to turn kenya from a loyal british colony into an independent republic. Kenya, jomo keyatta establishes the history and tradition of the gikuyu society. Download pdf facing mount kenya free epubmobiebooks. In the time of creation, god could only descend to earth in a place of absolute and divine purity. Below are some of the most intriguing facts about jomo kenyatta. Download pdf doc docx pdf with metadata docx with metadata xml. Facing mount kenya by jomo kenyatta 0394702107 9780394702100 i love books, books to read. Jomo kenyatta is the author of facing mount kenya 3. Kenyatta writes in this text, the cultural and historical traditions of the gikuyu people have been verbally handed down from generation to generation. Facing mount kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of african society and the nature of the african mind facing mount kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary africa, but a.
Born into a dominant kikuyu culture, kenyatta became the most famous interpreter of kikuyu traditions through his book facing mount kenya. He belonged to the kikuyu folk and following their age old traditions, his father kept many wives. He was the countrys first indigenous head of government and played a significant role in the transformation of kenya from a. Jomo kenyatta is a popular name that cannot be forgotten so easily most especially among kenyans. The dangers of detribalization, causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living.
Facing mount kenya by jomo kenyatta, 1965, vintage books edition, in english. His birth name was kamau wa ngengi, which was reflective of his kikuyu heritage. Comparison between uhuru kenyatta and his father jomo kenyatta. Kenya, jomo kenyatta the gikuyu, or jomo kenyatta the european trained anthropologist. Facing mount kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of.
Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Jomo kenyatta biography, son, wives, family, lesser known facts. He defends the african tradition and condemns the british rule in kenya. Jomo kenyatta was a kenyan politician, who served as prime minister and later president of kenya. The existence of a valid kikuyu womantowoman marriage is dependent on proof that the requisite ceremonies took place. Facing mount kenya, first published in 1938, is a monograph on the life and customs of the gikuyu people of central kenya prior to their contact with europeans. The very sight and sound of kikuyu tribal life presented here are at once comprehensive and intimate, and as precise as they are compassionate. The book is a study of kenyattas own tribe, the kikuyu. Kenyatta s partisanship doesnt fail to bleed into every other passage in the book.
He taught gikuyu at the university college, london and also wrote a book on the kikuyu language in 1937 and with the editorial help of an english editor named dinah stock who became a close friend, kenyatta published his own book, facing mount kenya his revised lse thesis, in 1938 under his new name, jomo kenyatta. Kenya by jomo kenyatta is not an ordinary autobiography. Mount kenya is the second highest peak in africa and stands somewhat unjustly in the shadow of its taller neighbour kilimanjaro, which lies some 320km away in the south and is visible on a clear day. As professor malinowski wrote in his introduction, it is a really competent and instructive contribution to african ethnography by a scholar of pure african parentage. It is written in the form of an ethnography of the gikuyu nation of kenya, the ethnic group of kenyatta himself.
Kenyatta, it seems, cannot decide if he is describing kerenyaga or mt. The tribal life of gikuyu by jomo kenyatta is an anthropological, psychological, social, economical and religious study of the african people living in gikuyu, kenya. Certain points are cited throughout his reading with respect to. The kikuyu people believe that this place was the highest peak of the mountain they called kirinyaga meaning a place of light and darkness. It is unique in anthropological literature for it gives an account of the social institutions and religious rites of an african people, permeated by the emotions that give to customs and observances their meaning. In his view, the reason for the exclusion of the married daughters from inheriting from their fathers estate was not discrimination. Facing mount kenya is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary.
Kenyattas confusion seems to be boundless when he tosses off sentences such as, the weltanschauung of the gikuyu people is. Jomo kenyatta was born in ngenda, kenya, in 1890 in a family of farmers who lived near the river thiririka and bred sheep and goats. Facing mount kenya, first published in 1938, is an anthropological study of the people of the kikuyu tribe of central kenya. Jomo kenyatta was the first president of kenya and a prominent leader for independence. Change of name jomo kenyatta was born circa 1894 in the nation of british east africa, which would later become kenya. He cited a quote at page 32 from the book written by jomo kenyatta facing mount kenya. Facing mount kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of african society and the nature of the african mind. Mount kenya mount kenya national park 2020 all you need. His name, originally kamau ngengi, has gone down in history as one of the most prominent personalities in kenya, east africa and africa as a whole. As some have already ventured to explain, facing mount kenya is not politically neutral. You will hike through the thick montane and bamboo forests of the lower slopes, where zebras and eland antelopes often graze.
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