When We Began There Were Witchmen
  Acknowledgments

 expand sectionIntroduction: The Oral Traditions
 expand sectionChapter I  Traditions of Origin: Mysterious Mbwaa
 expand sectionChapter II  Enslavement Traditions: Persecution and Flight
 expand sectionChapter III  Mount Kenya Traditions: Fragmentation and War
 expand sectionChapter IV  Traditions of Deviance: Evolution on the Fringes
 expand sectionChapter V  Capitulation Traditions: The Coming of England
 expand sectionChapter VI  The Extortion Traditions: Dancing Deviants
 expand sectionChapter VII  The Colonial Traditions: Dismantling Elderhood
 expand sectionChapter VIII  Missionary Traditions: Spreading God
 expand sectionChapter IX  Anti-Christian Traditions: The War Against Converts
 expand sectionChapter X  Disaster Traditions: There Were Years When Men Ate Thorns
 collapse sectionChapter XI  Resistance Traditions: Kiamas Underground
 •The Wall Of Silence
 •The Case Against The Njuri Nceke
 •Njuri Underground
 •Kagita Underground
 •The Evolution Of A-Athi
 •Pre-1920s: Migration Downhill
 •Mid-1920s: A-athi Mbuju (The "Poisoners")
 •Mid-1920s: A-athi Justice
 •Late 1920s: A-athi Versus England
 •Three Contenders For The Crown
 expand sectionChapter Xll  Persecution Traditions: The Wars to End Witchcraft
 expand sectionChapter XIII  Reconciliation Traditions: Meru's Golden Age

 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionBibliography
 expand sectionGlossary-Index
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