Revisiting our Indigenous Shrines through Mungiki

dc.contributor.authorWamue, Grace Nyatugah
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T08:11:31Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T08:11:31Z
dc.date.issued2001-07
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the African Affairsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the Mungiki movement's beliefs and practic relate to the traditional religion and cultural practice of the Gik Mungiki is a Gikuyu word taken from the etymological root wor to mean masses or people. The Mungiki is a fundamentalist move a religious, political and cultural agenda. It argues that, since religion is discerned in terms of beliefs, ceremonies, rituals an officials, a conversion to other faiths is not practical. Its follower fore calling for re-conversion from foreign worship to indigeno Although the Mungiki is largely a Gikuyu affair, the sect e embrace all other Kenyans. It calls for the teaching of African values before any change can take place. In practice, Mungiki have denounced the Christian faith. The movement has adopt religion as a weapon to challenge political and religious authori raised an outcry from religious leaders and government officia followers affirm that theirs is a religious and noen_US
dc.identifier.citationWamue, G. N. (2001). Revisiting our indigenous shrines through Mungiki. African Affairs, 100(400), 453-467.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/24410
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.subjectRevisitingen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous Shrinesen_US
dc.subjectMungikien_US
dc.titleRevisiting our Indigenous Shrines through Mungikien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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