Agikuyu reference books

Barlow, A. R. "Kikuyu Land Tenure and Inheritance." The East African Natural

History Society, 1932: 56-66.

Barlow, A.R. "Kikuyu land tenure and inheritence." The East Africa Natural

History Society (The East Africa Natural History Society), 1932: 55-66 .

Barra, G. 1000 Kikuyu Proverbs. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960.

Beech, M.W.H. "The Sacred Fig-tree of the A-Kikuyu of East Africa." Man,

Vol 13, 1913: 4-6.

Beech, M.W.H. "Kikuyu Land System of Land Tenure." Journal of African

Society, Vol 65, 1918: 136-144.

Bottingnole, S. Kikuyu Traditional Culture and Christianity. Nairobi:

Heinemann, 1984.

Cagnolo, C. The Akikuyu: Their Customs, Traditions, and Folklore. Nyrie:

Mission Printing School, 1933.

Dundas, K.R. "Kikuyu Rika." Man, Vol 8, 1908: 180-182.

Gecau, R.N. Kikuyu Folktales: Their Nature and Value. Nairobi: East African

Literature Bureau, 1970.

Huxley, E. Red Strangers. Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1998.

Kabira, W.M. Gikuyu Oral Literature. Nairobi: Heinemann, 1988.

Kags, A. Living Memories: Kenya's Untold Stories. Nairobi: No Boundaries Ltd., 2009.

Kenyatta, J. Facing Mt. Kenya. New York: Vintage Books, 1965.

—. My People of Kikuyu. London: Oxford University Press, 1970.

Lambert, H.E. Kikuyu Social and Political Institutions. London: Oxford University

Press, 1956.

Leaky, L.S.B. The Southern Kikuyu Before 1903 Vol 3. London: Academic Press, 1977.

—. The Southern Kikuyu Before 1903 Vol 1. London: Academic Press, 1977.

—. The Southern Kikuyu Before 1903 Vol 2. London: Academic Press, 1977.

Mugo, E.N. Kikuyu People: A brief OUtline of their Customs and Tradisions. Nairobi:

 Kenya Literature Bureau, 1982.

Mulli, J. Political Modernization and Kenya's Independence Era Rationalization of

Modernity. PhD Thesis, Nairobi: Kindle , 2011.

Muriuki, G. A History of the Kikuyu 1500-1900. Nairobi: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Neckebrouck, V. Irua: Circumcision Songs of the Kikuyu. Leuven: Leuven University

Press, 1988.

Routledge, W.S. With A Prehistoric People: The Akikuyu of British East Africa.

London: Edward Arnold, 1910.

Thiong'o, N.w. The River Between. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers

Ltd. , 2010.

Wangu, K. Provebs of the Kikuyu People. Nairobi: Flame Keepers Publishing, 2009.

While not exhaustive this is a useful list of books which I think shed a variety of perspectives on the Gikuyu people.  Feel free to make suggestions for additional readings.