Facing Mount Kenya

Facing Mount Kenya

"Facing Mount Kenya", written in 1938, is an anthropological book about the Kikuyu people of central Kenya. It was written by native Kikuyu and future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta.

The book's introduction was written by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski, who mentored Kenyatta while both were at the London School of Economics.

External links

* [http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/p/1591/mcms.html A brief summary of the book]


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