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    Facing Mt. Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta

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    In five pages this paper presents a review of the text written by modern Kenya's founder. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    a fervent Kikuyu tribal nationalist who transformed himself into a twentieth-century Renaissance man. After receiving a Western education in economics and anthropology, Kenyatta returned to his homeland, dedicated to  liberating Kenya from what he and his countrymen regarded as the unwelcome intrusion of British colonialism on their culture and customs. After leading an uprising known as the Mau  Mau Movement, Kenyatta was imprisoned and subsequently exiled to a desolate corner of Kenya, before eventually becoming Prime Minister and eventually the African states first President from 1964 until his  death in August 1978. In his landmark text, Facing Mount Kenya, co-authored with professor of anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski, Jomo Kenyatta enlightened the so-called civilized world about a portion of  the dark continent, that of his land and his people, the Kikuyu. Though separate concepts in Western minds, Kenyattas insightful text reveals that in the hearts of his compatriots,  they are one because each depends upon the other. What sets Facing Mount Kenya apart from other anthropological books is that it is written not by a Caucasian outsider, but  to a native of the area, someone who is not only familiar with the rituals and beliefs unique to the Kikuyu, but understands their deep significance to the people who  have practiced them since birth. This provides a personal perspective that not even the most learned anthropologist is able to provide. This 350+ page book covers all aspects  of primitive Kenyan society with an anthropologists precision and painstaking attention to detail, but also includes the astonishing candor and eloquence of a man who feels passionately about his country.  Kenyatta examines the lives of the Kikuyu people - their occupations, recreation, family structure, religion and social practices. Within the continent of Africa, the Kikuyu stand out because 

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