The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not in his nature to accept serfdom forever. He realizes that he must fight unceasingly for his own complete emancipation; for without this he is doomed to remain the prey of rival imperialisms.


Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu (Kikuyu) (1938), conclusion

Jomo Kenyatta Quotes

The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not...

The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not...

The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not...

The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not...