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Gikuyu

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Gi·ku·yu  (g-ky)
n.
Variant of Kikuyu.
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Noun1.Gikuyu - a Bantu language spoken in western Kenya
Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
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For a discussion of East African initiation ceremonies see: Jomo Kenyatta, Facing Mount Kenya: the Tribal Life of the Gikuyu (New York, 1965); T.
The consequences of uniformity: the struggle for the Boy Scout ... by Parsons, Timothy / Journal of Social History
Initially written in his first language, Gikuyu (and later translated into English by him), the story is set during "our times" in the fictional African country of Aburiria.
Wizard of the Crow by Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi / Black Issues Book Review
They are young, mainly in their twenties and thirties, and most would identify themselves as Gikuyu (Kikuyu), one of Kenya's two politically dominant ethnic cultures.
Narrating trauma as modernity: Kenyan artists and the American ... by Kasfir, Sidney L. / African Arts
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