Sade Khalai

Out and About In Malaba Kenya,Ordered For The Beloved Ugandan Cuisine Breakfast Dish Katogo, Was Served This Savory Delight

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poster with image of variant of katogo and text explaining the history of this Ugandan food as traditionally a poor man's food

An unexpected difficult search for the Ugandan delicacy katogo in Malaba town. But worth the wait as the flavors of this rendition of a beloved meal left me wanting for … Read more

A Bukusu Proposal: Secrets To How To Write Letter Of Intent Asking For Her Hand In Marriage and Hacking The Show Up Party Thereafter, All Before Dowry Negotiations

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Will you marry me neon sign, the Bukusu way of communicating the same is a letter and a ceremony known as show up or introduction

Among my people, to be a man, you have to be honorable and ask for a girls hand in marriage the right way. For the Bukusu, this includes writing a … Read more

Kushoma Echiriri (Siniini): Why That River Chwele Accident Involving A Nzoia Sugar Truck Remains With Us To This Day

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poster with shadow of palm tree as image featuring the words echiriri, siniini, ekilili

Growing up in the village, one often assumes that living in the center of the action so to say, they by default know their ways. But that’s until the never-before … Read more

A man hung himself, one got struck by lightening, mob justice took another away, all about special Luhya burial rites for unnatural deaths

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Death by suicide, lightening or mob justice were considered taboo among the Luhya. A synopsis of special Luhya burial rites that accompanied unnatural deaths Few things matter to a Luhya … Read more

Mukha Rarao Omutiti Obeya Busa: When A Son Could Take His Father’s Wife To Propagate His Generation

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Wife inheritance was one of the key contributors to polygamy of the polygyny type (embalikha) among the Bukusu. The following cultural practice best described via the Bukusu words mukha rarao … Read more

Khukona Mwikhokho: Back In The Day, It Was Sometimes No Taboo For A Father To ‘Take’ His Son’s Woman

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Khukhona mwikhokho is a fast fading Bukusu cultural marriage practice whose contribution to polygamous marriages of the polygyny type (embalikha) of yesteryear is one hard to ignore. We feature it … Read more