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Published by Nyeri, Kenya, Mission Printing School no year (c.1933), 1933
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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, CORK, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.
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Add to basketCondition: Wie neu. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 324 pages. 3 colour illustrations, 164 monochrome photographs and 18 text drawings. Fold-out map at rear showing Kenyan region. Hardcover [publisher's original navy cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Magenta text block trim. Very good condition with only mi…nor signs of external wear. Spine slightly faded. Binding is firm and strong and the book block is square with sharp corners. Includes, for example, the following: The Kikuyu Country - Geology - Hydrography / The Kikuyu race - The Language - Religion / The New Born Child - Infanticide - Ceremonies - Pediatrics / Childhood - Kohaka Ngondu / Circumcision - Its value in the native mentality - Irregularities and impotence - Male and Female circumcision / Youth - War and dances - The Weapons - Economic value of the girls / Marriage - Betrothal - The wedding ceremony and sacrifices - Kerero or the weeping of the bride - Polygamy / Diseases and Medicines - Epidemics and contagious diseases -Quacks - The witchdoctor and his initiation - Sorcerors / Funereal Ceremonies - Belief in the souls of the dead - Horror of the dead - Corpses thrown to hyaenas - Purification rites - Burial ceremony / Jurisdiction and Penalties / Songs and Dances -Ethical, artistic and historical value of the song / Superstitions and Beliefs - An Animistic tribe - Goats, universal redeemers and propitiators - Amulets - Sin vomiting - Kahumbo Hill - Mt Kenya / Manners and Greetings -Kindness and rudeness - The rich man and his position / Folklore and Proverbial Wisdom - Proverbs - Legends - Fables - Riddles / The Catholic Mission of the Consolata Fathers etc. An early ethnography of the Akikuyu. The monograph, with its first-hand accounts, was, nevertheless, colured by the scientific, religious and political theories and biases of its time. Cagnolo makes no reference to "religion of the Kikuyu" but examines the tribe's belief and rituals under the chapter heading "Superstitions and Beliefs," a chapter he ends by asking the reader to "entertain some feeling of pity for these poor slaves of ignorance." He also goes on to offer a clarion call: "It is an obligation upon us civilized peoples to put these phantasms to flight, and to lighten their darkness with the sun of justice and the stars of civilization." (p.189) The book brims with fascinating observations: interesting in their own right; but also revealing about what they tell us, the modern reader, about the observer and his subjects and the relationship between these. "Physically the Kikuyu types is not an athletic constitution. Middle height, generally slender, brown coloured, large zygomas, flat nose. He is not fit for heavy labour, but he makes up for physical effort with his finesse in circumventing the obstacle with the least possible outlay of energy. The local conditions that produce the necessities of life with the minimum of work, the clemency of the climate, that does not require much shelter, the almost exclusively vegetarian diet, must have immensely influenced his diet.The Kikuyu temper is distrustful and suspicious with a tendency to dissimulation and guile: behind which the weak and inferior entrench themselves." (p.19-20) "The Akikuyu display a stoicism regarding death that borders on indifference. As soon as one has breathed his last, or when it is assumed that this has happened, all bonds of relationship and friendship are broken. Everyone goes his way: the living to their business, the dead to the jaws of the hyenas and jackals. Even the dead man's memory must not survive, and every effort is made to leave it in oblivion. Because he is dead he may no longer be spoken of and it is an evil thing even to mention his name, even though it be one's father or mother or a beloved child.It is a convention that the dead man is buried exclusively by his sons, and these must be circumcised, as an uncircumcised boy is not allowed at a public ceremony." After describing the funeral ceremony is some detail Cagnolo concludes that, "Pagan peoples have always been fertile in foolish and childish ceremonies even in life's saddest and most solemn circumstances. The Akikuyu are no exception to the rule, and exhibit, moreover, a callous forgetfulness of their dead, converting into spectres of dread and horror those who until yesterday were objects of closest affection. It is part of their psychology: death is associated with horror and anguish, ideas inimical to the materialistic and sensual paganism of the savage" (p.139-46) Founded in Turin, Italy, on 29th January 1901 by Blessed Joseph Allamano, the Consolata Missionaries went to Kenya in 1902. The Consolata Missionary sisters were founded on 29th January 1910. The Kikuyu (also Agikuyu/Gikuyu) is the largest ethnic group in Kenya. They speak the Bantu Kikuyu language. At a population of 6.6 million as of 2009, they account for close to 17% of the total population of Kenya. (Wikipedia).
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Published by Kenya, Nyeri: Text Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School. 1933., 1933
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Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United KingdomOffa's Dyke Books
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Add to basket8vo., pp: xvi,[1]-324+2, final leaf 'errata corrige', coloured frontispiece, 139 plates incl. 3 coloured text illus, lacks 4 plates (actually 2 being printed on both sides) according to the 'list of illustrations' , folding coloured map at end neatly repaired with brown tape, with new endpapers, at some time rebound in half blue… morocco, blue boards, gilt lettered to spine, very good condition. Catholic Mission of the Consolata Fathers. The first account of the Kikuyu tribe.
Published by Nyeri Kenya: Text printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, 1933
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Seller: Michael Graves-Johnston, ABA, ILAB, London, United KingdomMichael Graves-Johnston, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketBy Fr. C. Cagnolo, I.M.C. Catholic Mission of the Consolata Fathers. Nyeri, Kenya: Text printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, 1933 Med.8vo. xv,325pp. 3 colour and 139 (of 155) monochrome plates, 18 text-illustrations, coloured folding map, biblio., index. Most copiers of this work were issued without the full set of… plates, this copy is lacking 16 plates, a very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's green cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[ ].
Published by Mission Printing School, Nyeri, Kenya, 1933
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Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition. 324 pages in very good condition; occasional foxing throughout. 139 plates, including 3 in colour. Numerous drawings in the text. Folding coloured map at back of book. Green hardcovers with gold titles. Light wear on spine and corners. VG. Book.
Published by Consolata Catholic Mission, Nyeri, Kenya, 1933
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Seller: Peter J. Ayre's Books, Somerset, United KingdomPeter J. Ayre's Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Orig. brown cloth; Condition notes: expertly rebacked, one colour plate missing, sl. rub to rear cover, O/W V. Good; Illustrations: profusely; Maps: 1; Pages: xvi + 324; Edition/printing: 1st.
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Published by Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School, Nyeri, 1933
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first Englsh edition of this interesting account of the life and traditions of the Akikuyu of Kenya by Fr. C. Cagnolo. Account of the Akikuyu Bantu ethnic group native to Central Kenya, the largest ethnic group of the country. With notes on their customs, traditions, and folklore.…Beautifully depicted with a colourful frontispiece portrait, of 'Kikuyu Girl' and one hundred and fifty four black and white photographic plates, two coloured plates, and numerous in-text line drawings. Collated, complete.The first English translation of this work.Printed by Akikuyu in the Mission Printing School of Kenya. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with light shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, damp marks scattered to boards. Previous ownership inscription to front pastedown dated 1947. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Published by Mission Printing School, Nyeri, Kenya, 1933
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This classic work on the Kikuyu tribe was printed by the Kikuyu tribesmen in the Kikuyu heartland of Nyeri, Kenya in 1933. Illustrated with numerous photo plates, maps and drawings as well as full page color plates and a colored folding map, 324 pages with index, brown boards with ti…tles in gold,front spine edge lightly worn, red colored edges (possibly handcolored by the kikuyu), a Kikuyu music sheet from the period as part of the book. is also enclosed.
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Add to basketTheir customs, traditions and folklore.First English edition. Folding map, with numerous plates & illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt. Spine lettering chipped. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Corners and spine extremities bruised and rubbed. xv, 324, [ii]pp. Nyeri, Mission Printing School.
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Add to basketTheir customs, traditions and folklore.First English edition. Folding map, with numerous plates & illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt. xv, 324, [ii]pp. Nyeri, Mission Printing School.
