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Kenyatta, Jomo: 1900 to Present: Africa

By: Ken Walibora Waliaula
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:African Union; independence; Kenya; Maasai; primary education; Swahili; unions

Jomo Kenyatta was a leading Pan-Africanist and the first president of independent Kenya. Kenyatta was born Ngengi Muigai to Muigai and Wambui at Gatundu division of Kiambu District of Central Kenya in 1889.

Mixed Ancestry and Early Life

Although he grew up in Kikuyuland, Kenyatta also had Maasai ancestry. ...

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  Walibora Waliaula, K. (2012). Kenyatta, jomo: 1900 to present: africa. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. II313-II313). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n377
  
  Walibora Waliaula, Ken. "Kenyatta, Jomo: 1900 to Present: Africa." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, II313. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n377.
  
  Walibora Waliaula, K. 2012. Kenyatta, Jomo: 1900 to Present: Africa. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. II313 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n377> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Walibora Waliaula, Ken. "Kenyatta, Jomo: 1900 to Present: Africa." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. II313. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n377.
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