i love your account so dearly as i’m learning more and more about my own history, that i was never taught and desperate to know, about here in the uk!!! i really appreciate it and its making me align with gikuyu culture thank you 🥹
I read and research a lot but i also ask my sources. My parents are quite old (70+) and they're such a precious source. I was on call with my dad jana while writing about times of day. He explained what miaraho really meant and i had to include it😭
Thats why i mostly write about Kikuyu. Coz atleast i have some reliable oral sources
Also, as a reflection, are we having a repeat of scenarios where the Kikuyu woman is leading as the men are getting lost in overindulgence in alcohol? Kaí túracokerera híndí ya Ndemi?
This is such an interesting read. Also the kikuyu used the constellation pleadies as a maker of planting njahi but I am yet to find if they had a name for it because from research they say its gathathanwa but I don't think pleadies is visible during that time( month of june).
Yeah. Kikuyu was matriarchal. Thats why we say turi a Mumbi and the clans are named from the daughters. Family names used to be named from women too. ‘Mbari ya Wamuyu’ etc…
Yeah kiroko is the morning too. So many names to describe time. Left some out
I applaud your extensive research as always however one quick correction the Gikuyu had their writing system the Njano and their knowledge-keepers their professors; Aini a Gicandi. Research more on this. Then it is quite impossible to be able to actually measure the timelines especially for older age sets like the Ndemi na Mathathi, some scholars currently believe Gikuyu might have been around during the Great Flood.
In Wangari Maathai’s autobiography UNBOWED she opines that “Mworia Nyoni” which translates to rotting of birds was the coldest season in the calendar of the kikuyu as birds would freeze to death from the cold and fall off trees and thus the name.please offer clarity on this.
i love your account so dearly as i’m learning more and more about my own history, that i was never taught and desperate to know, about here in the uk!!! i really appreciate it and its making me align with gikuyu culture thank you 🥹
My pleasure
even more on the way
Do you base your writing solely on research or do you have great grandparents that you ask?😭 cause yoh this is so comprehensive. I love it
This is a VERY good question😭😭😭
I read and research a lot but i also ask my sources. My parents are quite old (70+) and they're such a precious source. I was on call with my dad jana while writing about times of day. He explained what miaraho really meant and i had to include it😭
Thats why i mostly write about Kikuyu. Coz atleast i have some reliable oral sources
Milk as much information as you can from your folks. You are lucky to get such precious information from lived experiences of your loved ones
I dont take them for granted
Oooh that’s so cool😭 I’m genuinely enjoying reading bout my traditions and culture from your writings foshoo
Wowww...I'm in so much awe learning about my culture here...couldn't have been explained better. Great work.
This is very educative.
Also, as a reflection, are we having a repeat of scenarios where the Kikuyu woman is leading as the men are getting lost in overindulgence in alcohol? Kaí túracokerera híndí ya Ndemi?
It might seem so. Hadn’t thought about that.
This is actually my favourite piece. I’m reading it nikiwa salon and keep telling my saloonist fun facts
I already know the hair is going to eattt
Iregi ageset take over and birth of kiama as the community ruling organ is an amazing read.
At what time does Wangu wa Makeri exist ? We were told she sat on men's backs as chairs
She was in the late 1800s and early 1900s same time as Karuri
crazy how we had the year of jiggers😳
Riika ria iregi was quite an interesting age set. Very interesting
So much happened
Imbimbing myself in your content. A lot to learn and eye opening.
Enjoooy
This is such an interesting read. Also the kikuyu used the constellation pleadies as a maker of planting njahi but I am yet to find if they had a name for it because from research they say its gathathanwa but I don't think pleadies is visible during that time( month of june).
Hmm. This is interesting. Lemme see if I can find something
What a nice read, very deep.
You mean there was a time women paid dowry? And why is Kíroko not in the morning words.
Yeah. Kikuyu was matriarchal. Thats why we say turi a Mumbi and the clans are named from the daughters. Family names used to be named from women too. ‘Mbari ya Wamuyu’ etc…
Yeah kiroko is the morning too. So many names to describe time. Left some out
Thankyou for reading
I saw someone arguing that we are matrilineal not matriarchal.
Asante for the impactful piece.
I applaud your extensive research as always however one quick correction the Gikuyu had their writing system the Njano and their knowledge-keepers their professors; Aini a Gicandi. Research more on this. Then it is quite impossible to be able to actually measure the timelines especially for older age sets like the Ndemi na Mathathi, some scholars currently believe Gikuyu might have been around during the Great Flood.
Great Read!
Insane! Absolutely crazy. You are like a time traveler telling of events he witnessed. The research shows, adept at bringing a time forgotten to life.
Dope stuff💯
In Wangari Maathai’s autobiography UNBOWED she opines that “Mworia Nyoni” which translates to rotting of birds was the coldest season in the calendar of the kikuyu as birds would freeze to death from the cold and fall off trees and thus the name.please offer clarity on this.