Editing Kikuyu people (section)

====Social and political life====
The Agĩkũyũ nation was divided into nine clans. These nine clans are the Anjirũ, Agacikũ, Ambũi, Angũi aka Aithiegeni, Angechi aka Aithĩrandũ, Aacera, Ambura aka Aakĩũrũ or Eethaga, Airimũ aka Agathiigia, Angarĩ aka Aithekahuno and Aicakamũyũ and all clans and families emanate from them perpetually, through patriarchy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Facts |first=Kenyan |date=2013-11-17 |title=Kikuyu Clans and their Attributes |url=https://kenyanhistory.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/kikuyu-clans-and-their-attributes/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=Kenyan History |language=en}}</ref> Each clan traced its lineage to a single ''female ancestor'' and a daughter of [[Mumbi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mukuyu.wordpress.com/tag/kikuyu-clans/|title=Agikuyu Clans|date=29 November 2008 |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> The clans were not restricted to any particular geographical area, they lived side by side. Some clans had a recognised leader, others did not.<ref>{{harvnb|Routledge|Routledge|1910|page=66}}</ref> However, in either case, real political power was exercised by the ruling council of elders for each clan. Each clan then forwarded the leader of its council to the apex council of elders for the whole community. The overall council of elders representing all the clans was then led by a ''headman'' or the nation's spokesman.