{"id":42,"date":"2022-05-09T22:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T22:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enyanga.mulembenation.co.ke\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:36:29","slug":"enyanga-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/enyanga\/","title":{"rendered":"East Africa Traditional Knowledge &amp; Africa Great Lakes Heritage Today \u2014 Mulembe Enyanga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n  \"name\": \"East Africa Traditional Knowledge, Great Lakes Africa Heritage Today \u2014 Mulembe Enyanga\",\n  \"url\": \"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/enyanga\",\n  \"description\": \"East Africa traditional knowledge and cultural heritage. 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We document modern oral history, traditional knowledge as practised, and cultural practice as lived today from the Great Lakes \u2014 what is everyday life before it was written down.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"mn-index-strip\">Heritage Vitality Index &nbsp;<strong>\u2014<\/strong>&nbsp; Updated several times a week &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/enyanga\/about\">Methodology<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mn-posts-section\">\n  <h2>Latest in heritage &amp; traditional knowledge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mn-about-strip\">\n  Mulembe Enyanga publishes community knowledge in ways that are accessible, rigorously sourced, and accountable to the communities it comes from. <a href=\"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/enyanga\/about\">About Mulembe Enyanga<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"mailto:heritage@mulembenation.co.ke\">Submit heritage knowledge<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mn-faq\">\n  <h2>About Mulembe Enyanga<\/h2>\n  <details>\n    <summary>What does Enyanga mean?<\/summary>\n    <p>Enyanga means &#8220;the times or age of&#8230;&#8221; in Luhya. 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