As early as 1900, one colonial letter describes the Kikuyu as a people “quickly discovering the value of the rupee”. In 1907, after traveling in Kenya, Winston Churchill –a man with spurious ...

A new stage production about the legendary Kikuyu leader, ‘Wangu wa Makeri’, is set to captivate audiences at the Kenya ...

He published monographs on the social customs of the Kikuyu people of Kenya and the string figures, comparable to cat’s cradles, made by people in Angola. Believing that the behavior of monkeys ...

“Kikuyu women were emancipated from shackles of oppression before Kenya’s independence ... We are the last people to have joint accounts with husbands. It’s not good to depend on a man.

Kenya, during the 1950's, was dominated by the Mau Mau uprising against the British. A central feature of this revolt was a desire on the part of the Kikuyu, along with some Embu and Meru people ...

Kenya, during the 1950's, was dominated by the Mau Mau uprising against the British. A central feature of this revolt was a desire on the part of the Kikuyu, along with some Embu and Meru people ...

His view of Mau Mau: “We’ve forced the Kikuyu ... his way before Kenya’s first two-party elections in 1956. “We have our hotheads,” he says. “But the solid mass of people must have ...