When We Began There Were Witchmen |
Acknowledgments |
Introduction: The Oral Traditions |
Chapter I Traditions of Origin: Mysterious Mbwaa |
Chapter II Enslavement Traditions: Persecution and Flight |
• | Nguo Ntuni: The Invaders |
• | Who Were The Nguo Ntuni? |
• | Persecution And Flight |
• | Why Did They Flee? |
• | The Migration |
• | Why Into The Desert? |
The Fringe Communities |
• | Ngaaruni: Into The Desert |
• | Kagairo: The Second Fragmentation |
Chapter III Mount Kenya Traditions: Fragmentation and War |
Chapter IV Traditions of Deviance: Evolution on the Fringes |
Chapter V Capitulation Traditions: The Coming of England |
Chapter VI The Extortion Traditions: Dancing Deviants |
Chapter VII The Colonial Traditions: Dismantling Elderhood |
Chapter VIII Missionary Traditions: Spreading God |
Chapter IX Anti-Christian Traditions: The War Against Converts |
Chapter X Disaster Traditions: There Were Years When Men Ate Thorns |
Chapter XI Resistance Traditions: Kiamas Underground |
Chapter Xll Persecution Traditions: The Wars to End Witchcraft |
Chapter XIII Reconciliation Traditions: Meru's Golden Age |
Notes |
Bibliography |
Glossary-Index |