CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS OF THE MERU by Daniel Nyaga

According to oral tradition, the Meru of Easterm Kenya came from a place called Rūteere Rwa Ūrīo. Some believe that Ruteere rwa Ūrīo was in Misri. Is this Misri the same place as modern day Egypt? Are the Meru of Kenya descendants from the Black Jews called Falasha and who are said to be the offspring of the Biblical Kind Solomo and the legendary Queen of Sheba? And how are ther people relater to the other Bantu speaking Gropius like the Aembu, Agīkūyū and Akamba? How did they to their present settlement in the idyllic Mt Kenya region? What is their historical, philosophical and material culture? These and more related issues are the substance of Fr. Nyaga’s book.