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INDEX
Th
e index below refers to the introductory essays and to the English language translations of Muoria’s pamphlets. Readers of the Gikuyu text should refer to the page immediately preceding the page number listed here.
Abdalla, senior chief, 287–91
247, 249, 250, 307, 309, 319, 325,
Afrikaners, 17, 35
353, 367, 371, 377, 383, 390
Aga Khan, 267, 310
‘belief ’ in, 243
Alexander, Archbishop Daniel, 259, 309
as check on immorality, 203
Armstrong, Lilias, 133
the East African Revival, 244, 314
Atta, Sir Nana Ofori, 269, 310, 347
irresponsible behaviour of believers
Awori, W. W. W., 72
in, 147, 191, 244, 390–1
and the Muoria family, 23, 31–4, 66,
Barlow, Arthur, 132–3, 242, 246, 248,
80, 91, 94–7, 98, 112–13, 124–5,
250–1, 306, 377, 383, 390–1
247
Beauttah, James, 69, 259, 267, 273, 285,
in Nairobi, 62, 67, 80
291, 309, 310, 312
‘spirits’ and, 251
scandalised by white bathers, 289, 313
Church of Scotland Mission, 308
Beecher, Leonard and Gladys, 132–3,
estate, 39, 323–5, 382
242–7, 251, 307, 314, 383, 384, 388,
Clitoridectomy, see ‘female
390
circumcision’
Beer, and municipal fi nance, 293–5, 313
Corruption (of chiefs), 377–9
Benson, T. G., 132–3, 242–3, 246–50,
Creech Jones, Arthur, secretary of state
306–08, 310, 313–14, 382–3, 386, 387,
for the colonies, 34, 314
388
Culwick, A. T., 68
Bible, 24, 30, 41, 45–6, 306, 319, 371,
390
Dagoretti, Kenyatta’s home, 301, 315
Bikini, 289, 313
Destocking controversy of 1938–39
Bin Baraka, Hamisi, 275
(Ukambani), 365–7, 389
Blacksmithing, 181, 247
Demography, 163–5, 211, 245
Brain(s), 159, 171, 177, 193, 221, 248
moral dissolution and, 165
‘Brain battle’, 4, 8, 10, 70, 249, 257,
Dorobo, see Okiek
308, 382
Drunkenness, 215–17, 249
brainless, 311
and municipal housing in Mombasa,
all races have the same, 275, 277, 319,
293, 313
333
Eating
Carrier Corps, 40–1, 386
and wisdom, 171
Carter, Judge Morris (see also Land,
Economics, 153
Kenya Land Commission), 39
African capitalism, 153–65, 179–83,
Children (young people)
191, 195–203, 244, 351
indiscipline of, 213–17
and love, 155–7
upbringing of, 151, 253–7, 277, 291,
and race, 157–9, 243
301, 307, 317, 331, 337, 359, 382,
Education
385, 388
Alliance High School, 24, 245, 339,
Christianity in Kenya, 30–2, 36, 40–3,
385
45, 243, 357, 381–2, 385
and black empowerment, 81, 91, 94,
views of Kenyatta and Muoria, 40–3,
221, 314, 279, 309–11, 327, 337,
45–6, 55, 66, 147, 203, 209, 244,
355–7
404 index
and children’s welfare, 67, 74, 77–9,
Gathigira, Stanley Kiama, 41–4, 46, 48
80, 82, 87, 89, 107, 109, 116, 151,
Gatu, John, 55, 71
153, 257, 327–9, 335–7
Gatung’u, Arthur, 357, 388
and critical thinking, 183–9
Gender, 14, 32–3
discernment and, 359
and family relations, 59–125, 383,
and egoism, 341
385, 390
and enlightenment, 78–9, 95, 189
and the Gikuyu language, 134, 244
and farming, 68, 187
and jealousy, 223–5
Jeanes School, 339, 385
Kenyatta’s views, 331, 341, 355, 375,
limited opportunities for, 66, 141, 337
377, 390, 391
and morality, 189
and nationalism, 5, 74, 259, 267, 275,
and political culture, 9, 18–20, 23–4,
309, 345, 357, 385
26, 36, 42, 44, 47, 53, 54–5, 61, 67,
and urban life, 15, 59–125, 263–5, 283
137–241, 310, 313, 341–3, 359–61,
Gichuru, James, 34, 341, 385
382
Gikuyu, father of the Kikuyu: see
and race, 219, 249, 327–9
Kikuyu, origins myth; and Muumbi
and science, 185–7
Gikuyu, language of the Kikuyu people,
Eldoret, 35
26, 35, 59, 61, 66, 67–8, 69–70, 82,
Emergency, state of (see also Mau Mau),
84, 85–6, 91, 109, 115, 116, 117, 121,
5, 8–9, 12, 59, 61, 78–80, 105
131–2, 383, 353, 365
and brutality, 80, 384
orthographies, 133
Hola detention camp, 335, 384
Githunguri College, 34, 251, 307, 309,
English language, 24, 25–6, 34, 52, 59,
314, 317, 379, 387, 390, 391
60, 66, 69, 79, 85–6, 91, 109, 115,
Githunguri gia Gichamu, 312
121, 167, 277, 281, 293, 308, 310, 313,
God (see also, Wealth, Wisdom)
331–5, 337, 347, 365, 371, 389
Gikuyu terms for, 299, 306, 315, 382,
Entertainment, 195, 233, 345–7, 386
384, 389
Ethnicity (see also Identity), 11–22,
and human agency, 147–9, 173–7,
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br /> 25–7, 52–3, 67, 69, 76, 86–8, 91, 95,
205, 209, 221–3, 231, 241, 244, 248,
269, 275, 283, 343, 349, 386
253–7, 269, 273–5, 299, 317–19,
detribalisation (contrast Tradition),
321, 329, 333, 355, 361, 371, 379
36, 42–3, 52, 54, 255, 307, 329, 325,
and knowledge, 187, 193, 231
383
and Communism, 43
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 306,
tribalism, 14, 44, 310
325
Hooligans, 246, 250
Facing Mount Kenya, 15, 35–7, 41, 43–4,
and Mau Mau, 242, 310
52–3, 61, 244, 247–8, 306–07, 310,
unpatriotic, 223
383, 388
Housing, 246
as fi gure of speech, 31, 93, 349
and cooperation, 179
Farming
in Mombasa, 293
and cooperation, 67, 161–3, 183, 197,
and race, 177, 179
245, 314
thinking and, 145, 175, 177
and Kenyatta, 279, 297, 305, 314, 355,
wisdom and, 229, 231
371
and Muoria family, 69, 74, 96
I, the Gikuyu and the White Fury, 3, 22,
and self-respect, 92, 355, 371, 387
31, 37, 64, 67, 78, 120, 131, 243, 248,
Female Circumcision, 32–3, 43, 309,
249, 250, 251, 308
375, 384, 390
Identity, ethnic, national and racial, 12,
Foolishness, 159, 167, 173, 231
15, 18, 52, 64–5, 85–97, 105–25, 255,
Fort Hall, see Murang’a
265–7, 273–5, 279, 319, 331, 363–7,
377–9
Gakaara wa Wanjau, 29–30, 45, 46,
Ignorance, 159, 242
67–8, 247, 249, 383, 387
Immaturity, see Foolishness
index 405
Immorality
313–14, 323–5, 327, 337, 373–7,
and purposelessness, 191
390
Independent churches and schools,
his moral and political thought, 14,
34–5, 257, 259, 307, 308, 309, 337,
15–19, 21–8, 29–30, 36–7, 39,
353–5, 375, 381, 384–5, 388
41–56, 247–8, 249, 273–305, 309,
Indians in Kenya, see South Asians
316–81, 387, 388–9
Informers (Judas), 277–9, 311, 369, 371,
Kenyatta, James Muigai, Kenyatta’s
389
half-brother, 385
Inoorio ria Kikuyu, 22
Kenyatta, Margaret Rose Wambui,
Islam and Muslims, 52, 75–6, 310, 313,
Kenyatta’s eldest daughter, 122, 309,
377, 386, 388, 391
385
ithaka na wiathi (see also Mau Mau),
Kenyatta, Peter Muigai, Kenyatta’s eldest
5, 387
son, 261, 309
ituika, 38, 40–4
Kericho, 15
Khamisi, Francis, 34, 341, 386
Jealousy, 155–7, 223–5
Kikuyu people (see also Gikuyu
over women, 223–5
language)
Jiggers, sandfl eas, 291, 313, 329
as audience (see also Muumbi), 4, 16,
22–3, 25, 51, 137–241, 253–9, 281,
Kabete mission and school, 30, 33, 65–6,
283, 295, 299, 311, 321, 343
307, 309, 314, 381, 391
and Embu and Meru peoples, 345,
Kala, chief Jonathan, 363, 389
386
Kaloleni community hall, Nairobi, 79
intellectual tradition, 35–44
Kalovoto or Karaboto, chief, 363, 389,
and Maasai, 269, 283–5, 312, 363,
Kamba (Akamba) people, 363–9, 389
377
Kamukunji Grounds, site of political
origins myth, 253, 303, 306
rallies, 90
political exceptionalism, 19–21, 23,
Kang’ethe, Joseph, 259, 269, 301, 303,
49, 52, 55
309, 357, 388
reputation of, 231, 257, 265, 281–5,
Karanja, Reuben, 33
308, 331, 349, 371
Kariuki, Jesse, 259, 309
social and economic conditions, 4–5,
Kariuki, Joseph Muriithi, 131
16, 20–2, 27–9, 59–97, 137–241,
Kariuki, Josiah Mwangi (‘JM’), 244–5
316–81
Kavirondo, 283, 311–12
Kikuyu Central Association (KCA),
Kelly, Paul, African aff airs offi
cer,
41–3, 52, 55, 259–61, 267–9, 301–03,
Mombasa, 287, 291–5, 312–13
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 373, 381, 384,
Kenya
385
history of, 3–5, 7–22, 27–8, 34 , 63–4,
Kikuyu Club, Mombasa, 263–5
94–7
Kikuyu General Union, 265, 273, 277,
independence of, 63, 74, 84, 97, 120,
310
297
Kioko, Philip, 363, 389
Kenya African Teachers Union, 133
Koinange, (Peter) Mbiyu, 251, 301,
Kenya African Union (KAU), 14, 17–31,
307–11, 314, 315, 345
24, 34, 70, 245, 249, 285–91, 308, 309,
Koinange wa Mbiyu, senior chief, 306,
311, 339–43, 385, 386
307, 325–31, 349, 389, 391
Kenyatta, Jomo, 8, 14, 24, 31, 33–5, 131,
Kubai, Fred, 9
133, 134, 244, 245, 252–305, 316–81
and Henry Muoria, 41–56, 59–60, 61,
Land
70, 84, 105, 106, 252–305, 316–81
as gift from God, 306
as journalist, 41, 61, 310
Kenya Land Commission, 39, 308
as linguist, 133
Kenyatta’s advocacy regarding, 323,
and Malinowski, 43
325, 375
his political history remembered,
shortage, 250
257, 297, 301, 303, 306, 308, 311,
varieties of, 306
406 index
Law
Mukiri, Parmenas Githendu, 41–4, 46,
and social order, 209
48
Laziness (contrast Sweat), 157
Mukongoe tree, 361, 388–9
Gikuyu defi nitions of, 242
Mulumba, Semakula (Brother Francis),
and poverty, 175
281, 291, 295, 303, 305, 311
versus progress, 159, 299, 314, 357
Mumbi, see Muumbi
as sinful, 139, 203
Mumenyereri, 4, 9, 16, 21–2, 35, 48–50,
Leakey, Harry ( Giteru), 30, 32, 40, 66,
55, 71–4, 59, 67–74, 76, 105, 119, 244,
132–3, 307, 314
247, 249, 255, 261, 263, 265–7, 291,
Leakey, Louis ( Wakaruige), 38, 52, 248,
295, 307, 325, 369, 382, 391
250, 307–08, 312
Muoria Family members (see Family
Legislative Council, African members
Tree, page xv)
(see also Mathu), 9–12, 165, 308, 375,
Alex Muoria, son to James Kinuthia
390
Gitau, 65, 82, 92–3, 94
London
Charles Mwaniki, son to Judith
Muoria family life in, 60.62, 63, 78,
Nyamurwa, 74, 83–4
82, 85–7, 105–25
Christine Gathoni, daughter to
Underground, Henry Muoria’s work
Ruth Nuna, 62, 77, 78–82, 89–90,
on, 60, 82, 107, 108, 110
102
‘Loyalists’ and Home Guards, 10,
12, 80
David Mbari, son to Ruth Nuna, 108,
110
Machakos, 54, 363–7
David Mwaniki, son to Mary Grace
Machini, see Masikini
Njoki, 65, 88–9, 94
Masikini, village in Nairobi, 75, 90
Elizabeth Th
ogori, fi rst wife Henry to
Mathu, Eliud, 245–6, 314, 343, 385, 386,
Muoria, 33, 61, 63, 65–6, 75, 82–3,
390
98, 100, 103
Maturity, 205, 275
George Muoria, son to Christine
and compassion, 227
Gathoni, 62–4, 89–90
as distinct from ethnicity, 275
Grace Njoki, mother of Ruth Nuna,
domestic life and, 233
60, 69, 75–6, 77–82, 87–8, 102, 104,
and tradition, 305
107
self-respect, 331
Hellen Wambui, daughter to Ruth
and work, 277
Nuna, 78–9, 81, 85, 93
Maudling, Reginald, 11
Immaculate Waringa, known as
Mau Mau, (see also Emergency), 5,
Margaret, daughter to Ruth Nuna,
8–12, 16–18, 21, 39, 55, 61, 242, 243,
78
247, 249, 307–09, 310, 311, 312, 314,
James Kinuthia Gitau, son to
382, 384, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390
Elizabeth Th
ogori, 83, 92
and the Muoria family, 5, 8–9, 77–8,
John Mwaniki, son to Elizabeth
80, 106, 111, 116, 119
Th
ogori, 83, 100, 101
oaths, 8, 16, 21, 70, 71, 77
Josphat Karera (Joe), son to Ruth
Mboya, Tom, 11, 14
Nuna, 108, 109, 110
Mbugua, Douglas, 365
Judith Nyamurwa, second wife to
Memory, politics of, 6–8, 11–12, 19
Henry Muoria, 34, 59, 61, 63, 65,
Mitchell, Sir Philip, 4, 47, 249
68–9, 71, 73–5, 77, 80, 82–3, 86, 88,
Mockerie, Parmenas, see Mukiri
103, 105, 107, 121, PII 5
Moi, Daniel arap, 388
Juliet Nyakenji, daughter to Ruth
Mombasa, 50, 52, 252–95, 329, 355, 363,
Nuna, 108, 109, 124
383, 386, 388
Julius Mwaniki, son to Christine
Moral Rearmament, 9, 61
Gathoni, 62–3, 64–5, 80, 81, 88–91,
Mugo Kimani, Dedan, 373, 390
94
Mugo wa Kibiru, 251
Margaret Wanjiro, daughter to Ruth
Muigwithania, newspaper, 41–2, 44,
Nuna, 108, 110
45–6, 47, 53
Mary Grace Njoki, daughter to Ruth
as Kenyatta’s attribute, 316–81
Nuna, 80, 81, 84, 117
index 407
Mwaniki wa Muoria, father of Henry
and Kenya, attempted returns to, 64,
Muoria, 30–1, 65, 85, 116