Chapter III: Part III: Miscellaneous

Introductory 207
I. The Constitution and Working of Councils 209
II. Laws of Compensation for Murder 230
III. Ceremonial Oaths 239
IV. War and Peace 244
V. Miscellaneous Customs and Beliefs 250
VI. Legends 262
VII. Dances 266
VIII. Women as Factor in Tribal Organisation 274
IX. Some General Remarks 281
X. East Africa after the War 286

L’Envoi 303

Glossary 305

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Kamba Chief, Kitui Frontispiece

Typical Muthuri ya Ukuru Facing 37
(Elder of Grade of Priest)

Kikuyu Muthuri or Elder 65
(Prognathous Type)

Scenes at Mambura (Circumcision Festival) 81
(1) Sugar canes over village gates
(2) Eating ceremonial food
(Photos by A. C. Hollis)
Climbing the “Mugumu,” fig tree 87
(Photo by A. C. Hollis)

Kikuyu Circumcision Feast
(1) Male candidates 113
(2) Female candidates

A Dorobo Elder, Torori 183
(Photo by T. A. Dickson)

Kamba Elder with Kithito 241

Kikuyu—Beehive Marks on Trees 254
(Woodcut in Text)

Kivata Dance at Kyambu, Kikuyu 267
(Photo by Hon. C. Dundas)

Kikuyu Circumcision Shield with Anthropomorphic Figures 273
Kikuyu Methods of carrying the circumcision Shield
(The young men parade the country with these some weeks
before the ceremony)