Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.
Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.
If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.