The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore
Nyeri, Kenya: Text Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, 1933. Very Good +. Item #49079
Nyeri, Kenya: Text Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, 1933. First Edition. Large octavo; brown cloth boards stamped in gilt; 324pp. + errata. Three color plates; black and white photographs and illustrations; fold-out map of Kenya to rear. No dust jacket as issued. Rubbing; corners bumped; binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good or better.
Discusses songs, funereal rites, medical treatment, and myriad other aspects of life of Kikuyu, a Bantu ethnic group in Central Kenya.
Price: $250.00
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