Kenya has been described as the ‘cradle of humanity’ since some of the oldest fossil discoveries of man’s ancestors have been found in its Great Rift Valley. Kenya is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial country and is home to a large number of tribes including the Maasais, the Kikuyu, the Samburu and the Turkana. This book offers a fascinating window to the land, its people, society, literature and polity, and will interest both the specialist and the lay reader.