A comparative study of Kikuyu culture and the art of ancient Egypt
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2009Author
Kimani, Emmanuel K
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ThesisLanguage
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This thesis is founded on the premise that art and Design is a part of culture.
There is no culture without art. It was inspired by the traditions of a Misri origin by
communities in Kenya (the Gusii, Luhya etc.), as noted and documented by Were (1974),
and Ochieng (1976) and the chance discovery of some coincidences between the cultures
of pre-colonial Kikuyu and ancient Egypt. The Kisii and Maragoli are recorded to have
stated that the Kikuyu were with them in their migration from Misri. The Kikuyu were
selected as the sample though they do not have a Misri origin in their traditions.
The research is qualitative and investigates two interacting Independent Variables
from the Culture of pre-dynastic Egypt up to the eighteenth dynasty and pre-colonial
Kikuyu Culture
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University of NairobiSubject
Egypto-Kikuyu,Hieroglyphics,
Ornamentation,
Architecture,
Reliefs,
Sculpture,
Paintings and Pottery,
Deconstruction and Structural analysis,
myths