The Agĩkũyũ, Their Customs, Traditions, and Folklore

Aberdare ranges African Agîkũyũ Agîkuyu community Agîkuyu land anake animals arrived banana Bantu Barlassina beer blessed bride calabash called carried cattle cause ceremony child circumcision clan colonial government Consolata corpse crops curse customs dance dead disease eater elders father fire followed forest Gikuyu language girl gourds greeted ground hands happened head Holy Ghost Fathers horn husband hyenas Jomo Kenyatta Karuri Kenya kĩa Kibata Kimera language legs lived livestock Maasai maize marriage married meat medicine medicine-man millet mission missionaries Mombasa mother Mũndũ mũgo Murang'a mwanake Mwangi Nairobi Ngai night Nyanja Nyeri oath ochre Othaya parents person rain river sacrifice schools serval skin slaughter a goat song sorcerers sound spirits sticks sweet potatoes things took traditional tree usually Wakamba Wang'ombe whole wife wished woman women words young youth