Kikuyu Essays

The Maasai and Kikuyu are two, very different tribes from the East African countries, Tanzania and Kenya. Before reading this essay, some would probably think that they are very different, but if you are one of those people, I hope that after reading my essay, you will change your mind. What are the reasons for the differences between traditional Maasai and Kikuyu cultures? I would give a short introduction on both tribes, so people get a better idea of who they are and what you are talking about

It was the Kikuyu grass, and it was a very economical natural lawn solution. A tropical natural grass species native to Africa, Kikuyu grass is drought tolerant and cold tolerant. It also has good resistance to various lawn diseases and weeds. The Kikuyu grass is quick to establish as well. Unfortunately, Kikuyu’s one of the positive aspects is also its major drawback. Since it grows

called “Engai” who has two sides both kind and vengeful (Tribes and Religion of Tanzania). There is three major tribes that believe in Engai. One is Maasai, the other two are Torrobo and Kikuyu. Each received gifts from God, but only the Maasai were spared misfortunes. Torrobo were to endure bee stings, and Kikuyu, famines and floods. Masaai are not at peace when it comes to the Torrobo tribe, who they believe cut the “cord” from heaven and Earth to hurt the Maasai, due to their jealousy (Countries

The Dark Continent, vast in Plainfield stretching as far as the naked eye can see. Different cultures, different people, but all are victims from European exploitation for raw materials. As a patriotic Somali and a full pledged communitarian I believe that I do have responsibility to my continent, because of three main reasons, similar cultures, European colonization and poverty. The Igbo people of lower Niger were colonized by Europe just as Somalia. The Igbo people in Things Fall Apart do relate

In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, there are many similarities between Walker and her characters, Maggie and Dee. David Cowart’s source gives the reader insight into one way Walker represents part of herself in the character Maggie. Cowart explains, “Walker would represent herself in the backward, disfigured Maggie strains credulity only if one forgets that the author was herself a disfigured child, an eye having been shot out with a BB gun” (Cowart 176). The indicates that like Maggie, Walker was

companies. Each group of people sought after the exploitation of the African people, their land and natural resources. A clear example demonstrating how Africa was exploited was on the date of 1870-1890, the dates which Europeans spent taking control of Kikuyu land owned by a native community of Africans. An article named “The coming of the Pink Cheeks,” by Chief Kabongo as told to Richard St. Barbe Baker, describes what happened to Chief Kabongo 's people in Kakuyu. In contrast, tribes such as Chief Kabongos

politically economically dominant Tutsi minority a cataclysmic explosion took place, the genocide (Mamdani, 2009). In Kenya, the 2007/8 contested election which almost led to outbreak of a civil war in Kenya due to conflict of interest between the Kikuyu and Luo. Such conflicts, are often sparked by the monopoly of economic resources and control of political power by one ethnic community which then then strokes and massages ancient simmering antagonisms, fears, anxieties, and aggressions towards

Introduction All over the world, there is an obvious contrast between the living standards and lifestyle of the rich and the poor. Moreover, there is a large gap between the populations of poor and wealthy. This is known as the Wealth Gap, and it is caused by Wealth Inequality. Wealth Income/Inequality is defined as “The unequal distribution of assets within a population.” Wealth is defined as more than just the amount of income a person has, but instead the value of a person’s assets. And assets

Introduction In the popular imagination, Africans are deeply and uniformly ethnic people. Ask an African “who she is,” most people assume, and you will get an ethnic response: “I am a Yoruba,” “I am a Kikuyu,” “I am a Buganda.” Moreover, ask most people why ethnicity is so salient in Africa and they will tell you that it is because Africans are so “backward.” Once Africans become more educated and urbanized (in short, more “modern”), it is assumed, ethnicity will cease to cause so much conflict,

casualties, more than 350000 people placed and about 2000 refugees and some numbers of women raped and destruction of 117216 properties and more than 490 government properties such as offices, hospital and schools. Rift Valley and the Coast, group of the Kikuyu people who supported President Kibaki were especially targeted in violence and a lot of buildings and facilities were continuously destructed. Moreover it has been found out that the real target of this violence was to destroy their properties instead

Beginning in the 1690’s, Britain began making moves to take control, colonize, and force imperialism onto other countries and regions. Specifically, they began to take control of India. Upon arrival, Britain’s East India Company (EIC), managed to persuade the nawab of Bengal to allow a trading post in Calcutta. This was only the beginning of Britain’s control over India, and they later took Bengal and Bombay. Later, they began to colonize areas in Africa. Originally interested in Uganda, the British

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great-grandmother and grandmother, becoming “Alice Tallulah-Kate Walker” in 1941 (Walker xvi). On the other hand, Dee changed it to incorporate her heritage, which ends up being facetious and insult to the African culture seeing as “Wangero is not a Kikuyu name, but Wanjiru is” (Hoel 37). To add on, Dee’s middle name is a mixture of names “representing the whole East African region. Or more likely, she is confused and has only superficial knowledge of Africa and all it stands for” (Hoel 37).

But even family argue, sometimes one party has to be the bigger person and has to try and resolve the problem. To illustrate, the Kikuyu were having a traditional dance, the Masai tribe is not allowed to be present, but they attended. Therefore “The Kikuyu were deeply agitated, too, but they behaved well to their guests. The chief dancer of the farm welcomed them into the dancing ring, where in deep silence they took their place, and the dance

In Frameworks of World History, Stephen Morillo explores the changes to his concepts of hierarchy, network and cultural frames caused by colonization and decolonization from the late Agrarian Age to the modern globalized era. Morillo describes how the Agrarian Age’s expansion of maritime connections introduced a further-reaching globalized network, and consequently, led to a competition for dominance in the network and colonization for the acquisition of economic resources by European powers during

Europeans, when they were kind and let them stay the whites took that opportunity and stole their culture and community. Although in this book these things really happened, in the article, The Coming of Pink Cheeks it says that a pink cheek told the Kikuyu that “This great king is now your king,” he said. “And this land is all his land, though he has said that you may live on it as you are his people and he is as your father and you are as his sons.” The British literally came and stole their land from

began. A group of kikuyus (an african group) came together and initially wanted to peacefully fight for their independence, but soon decided that they wouldn’t get their independence through peace, and then became a violent group. They assasinated Kikuyu civilians who were loyal to the colonial government mainly by setting them on fire. The Mau Mau groups main goal was essentially to drive european settlers out, because they were fed up with the unfair labor, racism, and forced resettlements. As a

tongue, these sensations are my comfort. I am an East African, by blood and by heritage. Dark, ebony skin and lean legs that extend for miles mark me as a typical South Sudanese girl. Broad-shouldered, my build and strong will are the trademarks of the Kikuyu, the tribe our family line descends from. Conversely, by birth I am an American. I live in a white suburban town, where Midwest tropes dominate all parts of life. As an act of self-preservation, during my early years, I secluded my African culture

As I began to read, “Gender Roles and Society” I had to first understand the term gender. Gender refers to the meanings, values, and characteristics that applies to the opposite sex. Gender is often confused with the term sex and they are both two separate concepts. Gender role is the behavior learned by a person as appropriate to their gender, determined by the prevailing cultural norms. The role is based on the culture a male or female are raised in. The role they play in life is based on religion

either in the comparable period before 1500 or in the subsequent centuries”(Rodney pg.54). They had their democracy, which fits their background unlike what the Europeans forced upon them. For example they had Igbo and Oyo democracies in Nigeria, the Kikuyu in Kenya, Buganda in Uganda and so on. These kinds of democracies represent their cultural values and traditions. They involve everyone both men and women and also had checks and balances. But Europeans did not understand this concept therefore reducing