The Progress and Evolution of Man in Africa

Progress and Evolution of Man in Africa

Politics & Social Sciences

Leakey, Louis

Social Sciences

Oxford U.P.

The second of two important books by Louis Leakey, the renowned expert on the Kikuyu tribe. This book examines the organisation of the Mau Mau movement, its propaganda, the nature of its religious aspects and its oaths and the mistakes its leaders made as well as covering chapters on necessary reforms to prevent further outbreaks of a similar nature.

Defeating Mau Mau

History

Africa

Routledge

Mau Mau and the Kikuyu

This widely-acclaimed book on a troubled period of Kenyan history summarizes some of the more important Kikuyu customs, and a discussion of their break-down under the impact of European civilization. This discussion illustrates why and how the Mau Mau came into being and how the situation could be improved so that peace could once again come to Kenya.

Anthropology

Olduvai is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world; indeed, the only Middle Pleistocene site of comparable importance is Choukoutien and Olduvai can show deposits far older. The site has produced a mass of material of the highest archaeological and palaeontology importance and in this first of five volumes Dr Leakey and his collaborators make their preliminary reports. The story of the excavations initiated by Dr Leakey in 1951 is well known. Their purpose was to locate and uncover a series of living-floors of early Hand-axe man and, if possible, of the preceding Olduwan culture. The discoveries were of striking and far-reaching importance. They included, besides a mass of tools and artefacts, small animal and human remains and the famous skull of Zinjanthropus boisei, the earliest tool-making man. Against this background Leakey and his collaborators discuss the geological evidence, its relation to the fauna and other fossil evidence, the problems of climatic sequence and the use of potassium-argon dating.

Olduvai Gorge 5 Volume Paperback Set

LEAKEY, Mary

Cambridge University Press

Describes how archaeologists trace the development of the human race from fossils, skeletons, cave drawings, and artifacts found around the world.

Human Origins: 2

Teen & Young Adult

Dutton Juvenile

The second of two important books by Louis Leakey, the renowned expert on the Kikuyu tribe. This book examines the organisation of the Mau Mau movement, its propaganda, the nature of its religious aspects and its oaths and the mistakes its leaders made as well as covering chapters on necessary reforms to prevent further outbreaks of a similar nature.

Defeating Mau Mau (Routledge Library Edition)

This widely-acclaimed book on a troubled period of Kenyan history summarizes some of the more important Kikuyu customs, and a discussion of their break-down under the impact of European civilization. This discussion illustrates why and how the Mau Mau came into being and how the situation could be improved so that peace could once again come to Kenya.

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Progress and Evolution of Man in Africa

Defeating Mau Mau

Mau Mau and the Kikuyu

Olduvai Gorge 5 Volume Paperback Set

Human Origins: 2

Defeating Mau Mau (Routledge Library Edition)

Mau Mau and the Kikuyu