Omwami Mwene

Murere ne` obusuma. Kandi bwoba ne` isikuti. Uso kama VX, Masguembe, Ingwe to Western Bulls. How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

How to threaten someone in Maragoli – Growing up uvurogori, these are words your didn’t want to hear a peer utter while down in the herding fields

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Next time someone who speaks lulogooli doesn’t take you seriously, and you need to make them reconsider their stance, look no further. We got you covered. This is how to threaten someone in Maragoli in more than 19 different ways. Editor’s Note: Content for cultural and educational purposes only. Related articles: How to threaten someone … Read more

How to threaten someone in Luhya in 15 different ways – from those that roll all day off a Luhya mother’s tounge, to jokes and the not so funny

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Next time anyone who speaks our language doesn’t take you seriously, and you need to make them reconsider their stance, look no further. We got you covered. This is how to threaten someone in Luhya in 15 different ways. Editor’s Note: Content intended for cultural and educational purposes only. See also: 20+ ways to threaten … Read more

Kibisu and mwamba: How a Maragoli folktale can help fight covid-19 by localizing and familiarizing the message of social distancing, quarantine and isolation

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Things are stale, boring and frustrating. In addition, livelihoods are being decimated left, right and center. It seems like there’s no end in sight. Further, the constant propaganda wars only up the ante – at the wrong end of the dial. Pity our state of mind. How the familiarity and assurance of ‘we-have-been-here-before’ from a … Read more

The meaning of khocha in Luhya: 7 life events in Luhya culture that are hallowed by the presence of the irreplaceable khocha/ koza/ kotsa/ kocha/ chomba

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Khocha is a male sibling to your mother. Broadly speaking, in the way African relations are expansive, chomba in Bukusu slang; or kocha, koza or kotsa in lulogooli is any of your mother’s relations that she calls brother. This includes her cousins of whichever degree. Among the Luhya, alongside senje, kotsa is the most cordial … Read more

Kibabii University’s linguistics lecturer Wakoko Makarios Wanjala insightful Facebook post on 20 useful terms relating to COVID-19 mu Lubukusu

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Twenty useful terms relating to COVID-19 mu Lubukusu, a resource we find useful in this uncertain time of life in the age of coronavirus. We hope that this translation will prove useful as you spread the message and educate yourself and others on the novel coronavirus. Many thanks to omwekesia Omwami Wakoko Makarios Wanjala for … Read more

30 common cheeky Maragoli form of baby names of English/ French/ Hebrew/ other origin that show our peoples’ struggle with a foreign tongue

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Often, these Maragoli form of baby names are the subject of memes and but of jokes. This is even as sons and daughters of Mulembe carry them as they are in our national identity cards. Today we say no to shaming. We are making lemonade from the lemons. Among the Luhya, naming children after our … Read more

Notable deaths 2020: Wele rest omunying’inyi, omwekesia Ken Walibora Waliaula

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poster Ken walibora Waliaula 1965 to 2020

Ken was born Kennedy Walibora Waliaula in 1965 in Bungoma County. Omusinde wa Ruth Nasambu Makali, grew up to accolades such as: ‘Kenyan Shakespeare’, ‘king of Swahili’, ‘Swahili legend’, ‘literal genius’, ‘polished broadcaster’, ‘prolific writer’, ‘leading light in African literature’ among others. News reports on the morning of 15th April 2020 confirmed the worst: Dr. … Read more

Meaning of omwami in Luhya: Revealing 9 different interpretations, some you know most you don’t, from the respect due to a king to humble gratitude

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Some of you might have had a chance of a visit or a stay in western Kenya. If not, then you might have interacted with my people, the Luhya, anywhere in this country – because we are everywhere. As a result, you must have heard of the Luhya word omwami. Chances are you might have … Read more

Khukololosia embulu: The conspiracy between our mothers and their sisters, our aunts, to straighten alligators

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Khukololosia embulu is a Bukusu saying that simply means straightening the alligator. There was once a time when I overheard my mum talk to her sister about one of us. Intially, I was not sure who it was, but it was about my aunt missing out on opportunity khukololosia embulu. Now what had this certain … Read more

The pitiful story of omusinde whose beer delayed khuyusia, how not to suffer kamalwa kakatikhe

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Four things. One: omusinde. Two: a proud father. Three: kamalwa khuyusia, ancestors’ timely but unwelcome lessons, the elusive nature of trust and kamalwa kakatikhe. This is the story of a boy whose big day, well, let’s just say it burst. The Bukusu people have a number of sayings about beer. Regulars here have already benefited … Read more