Bantu Beliefs and Magic / With particular reference to the Kikuyu and Kamba tribes of Kenya Colony; together with some reflections on East Africa after the war

by C. W. Hobley

Ku-roga (Kikuyu) verb: To place upon or to bewitch.

Kihe (Kikuyu): An uncircumcised boy.

Kamwana (Kamba): An uncircumcised boy.

Kin͠gnoli (Kamba): Collective killing or execution by the people of a person convicted of certain serious offences.

Kafara (Swahili): A charm placed at cross-roads to avert misfortune. If anyone carries it away it is believed that the misfortune or disease will be carried with it.

Kirume (Kikuyu): The dying curse which can be suspended over his descendants by a dying man.

Kiume (Kamba): The dying curse which can be suspended over his descendants by a dying man.

Konono (Masai): A clan of serfs believed to be of alien race who live among the Masai and who are the smiths to the tribe. They correspond to the Tumal of the Somalis.

Kita (Kikuyu): The power of the evil eye.

Kiama (Kikuyu): Council of elders.