What is "kikuyu"

Usage examples of "kikuyu".

In the fullness of time he created three sons, who became the fathers of the Maasai, the Kamba, and the Kikuyu races, and to each son he offered a spear, a bow, and a digging-stick.

But Gikuyu, the first Kikuyu, knew that Ngai loved the earth and the seasons, and chose the digging-stick.

Even the Kikuyu have forgotten its true name, and now know it only as Mount Kenya.

Maintenance, who have ships and weapons, are the lion, and the Kikuyu are the hares?

We here on Kirinyaga are true Kikuyu, and we will not make that mistake again.

With every factory we built, with every job we created, with every bit of Western technology we accepted, with every Kikuyu who converted to Christianity, we became something we were not meant to be.

Then one day a Kikuyu chief gave a hyena a young goat to take as a gift to Ngai, who lived atop the holy mountain Kirinyaga.

Eaton, you do not hear the Kikuyu laugh like fools, and I will not let them become crippled like the hyena.

Ndemi, while your parents are asleep, you and your companions will meet me deep in the woods, and you in your turn and they in theirs will learn one last tradition of the Kikuyu, for I will invoke not only the strength of Ngai but also the indomitable spirit of Jomo Kenyatta.

The more Chelmswood thought about it, the more surprised he was that it was the Kikuyu that had begun Mau Mau rather than the Maasai.

Chelmswood bellowed in pain, and spun around, presenting his back to the Kikuyu as he reached for the pistol with his other hand.

They let the small Kikuyu boy leave without giving him so much as a glance.

Once the Kikuyu and the Wakamba and the Lumbwa trembled in fear at the very mention of the word Maasai.

Also imported were a dozen Kikuyu who seemed to act in some kind of watchdog capacity.

One of the Kikuyu who patrolled the estate as guards had found the spoor of a lion only half a mile from the house, and van Pienaar was eager to organize a hunt.