Agikuyu customs

Wangū wa Makeri is not an ordinary work. It is a mixture of biography, cultural exposition and Kagombe's own personal account. He adopts an authoritative posture in what is mostly a spirited defence of Wangu wa Makeri, a prominent shaper of Kenyan's history. The value of Kagombe's book is in its details of Giküyü customs. It is a story of inter-linkages of prominent Gīküyü lineages such as Waiyaki, Kenyatta, Wangū. Mücheke and Njindo. He brings up the peculiarities of myths about each of the Agiküyü clans and brings back to life the reputation of Wangū wa Makeri as a chief in colonial times. He brings up rarely known facts about Wangu and a host of many forgotten people. Most important, this book is a how-to instruction manual on Agiküyü customs and a resuscitation of disappearing memories and norms.