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November 21, 2024
Celebrating Heritage: Kishutu Day in Kilifi County
The Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization’s Kilifi County Chapter is organizing an exciting cultural celebration called Kishutu Day, scheduled for November 28th, 2024, at Chumani Primary School. This vibrant event aims to honor and preserve the rich cultural heritage of the Mijikenda community. Kishutu, a traditional attire worn by Mijikenda women, holds deep cultural significance. This…
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Erick Saddam
April 20, 2023
History of The Giriama people
History of The Giriama people Giriama are part of Mijikenda people whose oral history relates that the ancestors of the Mijikenda, who were then one people, lived in a place called Singwaya, believed to be north of Tana River and south ofJuba River in Somalia. However due to conflicts with other communities there they…
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Erick Saddam
April 19, 2023
Giriama Traditional Wedding
Kuhaswa – Traditional Giriama wedding The parents of the bridegroom look for the bride. They go to the bride’s home and the bridegroom’s father introduces himself and then says ”Fudzire mala Mudzungu wa utsunguni”. We have come to look for the cucumber, which is painful. The father of the bride answers ”nauhambale” let the painful…
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Erick Saddam
April 19, 2023
The ‘mad’ Kenyan woman who rattled the British
Mekatilili wa Menza Mekatilili wa Menza may have been in the freedom struggle scene for a short time, but her contribution in raising the African consciousness among the Giriama people of the Coastal Kenya was immense.Mekatilili was one of the first women in Kenya to rise up against the British in 1913. Her bravery, oratorical…
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Erick Saddam
February 1, 2023
Mepoho: The Tale of the Magical Giriama Woman
Mepoho: The Tale of the Magical Giriama Woman Mepoho was a Giriama woman who lived in the 13th century. The Giriama are a subgroup of the Mijikenda, or 9 villages, who largely reside along the the Kenyan Coast. Legend has it that, some women who had gone to get water one chilly morning found Baby…
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Erick Saddam
July 10, 2022
Kihenzacho Roho ni Dawa
Kwambolera kisa kirichoshangaza atu na kuaricha atu madziuze maswali manji manji. Badesa were ni kijiji kidzichohurira na were kakina mautu manji. Gafula kwaanza kuonenakana mvulana ariye were kamanyikana wambolerahi. Wakudza mala kazi ya urisa na akibahatika akipewa kahiza mudzi urio vuma ng’ombe sana. Mdzini haho were hanaifwa ha Kenga Mhache na mudzi uwo were ni…
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Jessica Rehema
June 17, 2022
Chadi
Kahi za cha kijiji cha shononeka kwakala na msichana arevuma nguma ya urembo. Athana were manasinda di cho ho hao arya manenda makimala madzi ga gunwa angine manenda makiuzira kuku magule. Musichana mwenye tha were kanazho, uriokala akilini mwakwe were ni kupata elimu ili adze akole familia ya kwao. Mbali na udzo wosi sikuli were…
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