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Title: | Some Observations on Jomo Kenyatta in Britain, 1929-1930 |
Author: | Beck, Ann |
Year: | 1966 |
Periodical: | Cahiers d'études africaines |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 22 |
Pages: | 308-329 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | politicians History and Exploration Politics and Government |
About person: | Jomo Kenyatta (ca.1893-1978) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.3406/cea.1966.3068 |
Abstract: | A brief attempt is made in this paper to describe the impression which Kenyatta made on members of the Church of Scotland during his London stay. The observations recorded by A. R. Barlow, a member of the Scottish Church in Kikuyu who met Kenyatta in London in 1930, shed an interesting light on Kenyatta's Kirst direct contact with officials in Britain. Major theme of talks between the Church members and Kenyatta in Edinburgh concerned the conflict over the issue of female circumcision which had led to a deterioration of relations between Kikuyu Christians and the church of Scotland. Though Barlow's report to Dr. Arthur, director of the Scottish mission at Kikuyu, primarily focussed on this conflict one gathers valuable information on other issues too. Since Kenyatta went to London as Secretary of the Kikuyu Central Association discussions of Kikuyu political and social grievances enter into the report as side issues. Though limited in the selection of its sources, this present paper may contribute some information not previously published. Notes: appendix. |