An election, a season and a song: The story behind enjaka khunywa makalama, the song of the 2022 Bukusu traditional circumcision season. Every two years, to the Luhya of western … Read more
Answers to frequently asked questions on likhoni or luliki in Bukusu circumcision. Use the comments section to post more questions which we will endeavor to answer as accurate as possible. … Read more
Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all? The language of music is the fairest and the most unifying of all. As with sikhebo songs, which … Read more
The Bukusu circumcision ceremony is important to the health of the community of Babukusu, the largest of the 18 houses of mulembe, because it brings together kith and kin in … Read more
The year 2020 was the year of the traditional circumcision among the Bukusu. In spite of earlier public health concerns over COVID-19, this important pillar of Luhya society came to … Read more
A narration and the symbolic meaning of the Bukusu traditional circumcision tradition khukhombia kumukango. An experience designed to stir the lion within. Senje hides herself a few meters from the … Read more
The Bukusu traditional circumcision ceremony that takes place every even year, is the most attended event in Western Kenya’s rich cultural tourism experience. Whilst most local and foreign visitors get … Read more
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 … Read more
Changa style ndolekho is not a challenge to pronounce lightly. You better be prepared, you have to know how to strut your stuff on the dance floor. Most importantly, you … Read more
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 … Read more
