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98Wangu 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.
11 comments91The Akamba people of Kenya
Myth of origin The Akamba language has some of the most archaic word roots in the Bantu family. Its strong relationship with Kikuyu is not in doubt since the two languages are intelligible. The Kamba language has retained the original vocabulary...
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82Crown Headgear – Kikuyu Deity - and NyagaThanga
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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93The Kikuyu Language: vocabularly 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.
105 comments96The Great Chief 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.
6 comments90the 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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83Kikuyu People of Kenya - Beauty Marks and hairstyling
updated on 8th July 2011 Scarification among the Kikuyu Scarification as a form of ornamentation was very important to the Kikuyu. Leakey has covered that aspect in great detail in a chapter on beauty. A few kinds of scarification will be...
2 comments84Chief Wangombe wa Ihura
Chief Wangombe wa Ihura Chief Wangombe was the son of a Kikuyu man and a Maasai woman. He was born in Tetu, at Kamakwa near present day Nyeri Town. His father and therefore the whole family belonged to the Ambui clan, of Thiukui Mbari. Mbari...
3 comments74Kikuyu Names for Girls
Updated on 15 November 2011 According to the Myth of Origin, God made Gĩkũyũ and placed him near Mount Kenya at a place called Mũkũrwe wa Gathanga God saw that he was lonely and gave him a wife, Mũmbi. Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi were blessed with...
23 comments81Kikuyu Names for boys
Updated 16th July 2011 The Kikuyu people of Kenya have a very specific way of naming children. The first born son is always given the same name as his paternal Grand father. The old man is usually very eager to be named and may start insinuating...
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