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95Kikuyu People: Secrets of an ancient migration from Egypt to Mount Kenya
The nucleus of the people called Kikuyu today came from the land of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. They used the Ethiopia route to get to Mount Kenya. According to evidence from power handing over ceremony described below, it took less than thirty (30) years for the first group to get to Mount Kenya region. It took others more than one hundred years to join their kin. This explains the variety of dialects, including Meru, now a distinct language. The reader will be taken t
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92Kikuyu People: Traditional Foods
The Kikuyu diet was mainly from agricultural produce. They kept cattle and goats, but mainly for ritual purposes and as a currency for the purchase of goods and the payment of dowry. Like in the Maasai community, the Kikuyu were forbiden from eating wild animals. It was also taboo to eat fish and birds like chicken and ducks.
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93Akhenaten and the Kikuyu People of Kenya
Akhenaten the monotheistic Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty had some influence in Kikuyu culture, language and religion. The evidence is not very obvious but once you see it, it stands out like a white elephant.
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92Kikuyu People - Myths of Origin
The Kikuyu claim that their father was called Gikuyu and his wife was called Mumbi. The entire Kikuyu community refers to itself as the 'House of Mumbi.'
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91Chief Karuri wa Gakure of the Kikuyu
Chief Karũri wa Gakure was born in Gathigiyo, in the district of Iyigo. His father was from the Angare clan while his mother was actually called Wangare. In 1915, Chief Karuri fell gravely ill and requested to be baptisedby the Reverend Perlo and On 16th May 1916, the great Paramount Chief Karuri wa Gakure passed away and was buried in Tuthu.
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91Wangu wa Makeri: the first Woman Kikuyu Chief in Colonial Kenya
Wangu wa Makeri was the first Kikuyu female leader in living memory. This post will bring fresh insight in the life of Wangu wa Makeri, the first ever woman Chief in Colonial Kenya. A grand child of the legendary leader agreed to a candid interview.
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91The Kikuyu Language: vocabulary and conversation practice
Here, you will get a brief background of the Kikuyu people before progressing to the language, its structure and vocabularly. There are Simple dialogues to aid you in conversation practice. You may request for additional help by posting a comment at the bottom of the article.
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88the Kikuyu and Luo languages of Kenya: some similarities
The Kikuyu are classified as Bantu while the Luo are Nilotes. There are major differences between them, but this post will dwell on the similarites. Surprisingly they are quite a number, which makes one wonder if perhaps there might be a better classification of languages than the one in existence.
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88King Menes of Ancient Egypt and the Kikuyu
In 3100 BC, King Menes moved North from the south of Egypt probably from an area that is in today’s East Africa.and conquered the Delta.The Hieroglyph that identifies him has a mud-fish.The Kikuyu call a leader a Mũthamaki - The word is intriguing because it no doubt has the same roots as the Arabic word Samak, which was borrowed by Swahili as Samaki to mean fish.
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89Powers of the Crown – NyagaThanga - and the Kikuyu People
A crown is a traditional symbol worn as a headgear by the leading elder or deity of a society. Traditionally, a crown represents absolute power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, immortality, honour, glory and resurrection. Societies take crowns to be...
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