| 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 |
| 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 |
| • | Kangangi And Kiraune: E. B. Horne And G. St. J. Orde-browne |
| • | The Kiama Of The Few: The Evolution Of The Njuri |
| • | Horne: Penetrating The Njuris |
| • | Horne: Westernizing The Njuri |
| • | Duplication Of Njuri: The Native Tribunal |
| • | Ncaama Zha Anene: Chiefs And Chiefs' Men |
| • | Responses To Conquest: Kiamas Versus Chiefs |
| 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 |