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Page 119
... Sonjo and Kikuyu , to whom the Sonjo are linguistically related , al- though the Sonjo themselves have a tradition of common origin with the Ikoma of Lake Victoria , with whom they still share such obscure customs as scarring infants ...
... Sonjo and Kikuyu , to whom the Sonjo are linguistically related , al- though the Sonjo themselves have a tradition of common origin with the Ikoma of Lake Victoria , with whom they still share such obscure customs as scarring infants ...
Page 120
... Sonjo ar- rows , but there was nothing ; it had merely died . Straightening up again , black men and white stood stunned beneath a leaden firmament , await- ing impulse : there was no sound but our own boots on the cinders . At midday ...
... Sonjo ar- rows , but there was nothing ; it had merely died . Straightening up again , black men and white stood stunned beneath a leaden firmament , await- ing impulse : there was no sound but our own boots on the cinders . At midday ...
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... Sonjo of Tanganyika , Oxford , 1963 . 8. Ian Henderson ( with Philip Goodhart ) , The Hunt for Kimathi , Hamish Hamilton , 1958 . 9. A. Wykes , Snake Man , Simon and Schuster , 1961 . 10. C. P. J. Ionides , " Southern Province Native ...
... Sonjo of Tanganyika , Oxford , 1963 . 8. Ian Henderson ( with Philip Goodhart ) , The Hunt for Kimathi , Hamish Hamilton , 1958 . 9. A. Wykes , Snake Man , Simon and Schuster , 1961 . 10. C. P. J. Ionides , " Southern Province Native ...
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