ASPECTS OF TRADITIONAL GIKUYU JUSTICE (KIHOOTO)

  • Hannah Kinoti Centre for Contextual Hermeneutics
Keywords: Kenya, Traditional Life, Morality,

Abstract

This paper describes aspects of traditional justice among the Gikuyu of Central Kenya. It seeks to demonstrate some of the ways in which the concept of kihooto as a moral principle guided and controlled traditional life, maintaining a morality that preserves the integrity of the individual and such social values as peace and harmony.

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Author Biography

Hannah Kinoti, Centre for Contextual Hermeneutics
Centre for Contextual Hermeneutics
Published
2020-03-06
Section
Articles