Beyond Maragoli proverbs and sayings, The Maragoli people of Western Kenya have rich culture. Here is a snap shot: legends on leopard keepers, Banondi and Mahiili myths, naming of children, the mystery of night runners, uvusuula, ivikoko, uvuhiindii, oloovo, kuluminda, Maragoli weapons, hides and skins of cultural value, amadongolo, ikivunguya, itsinyingu (pot making), amalere na amang’alara, herbal plants, traditional Maragoli culinary delights. Do you want to know more about the culture of Mulogooli? Join us
This story illustrates a Maragoli folktale value to epidemiology. It is months like May that make Christmas sneak up on us. May is a dull, action dry month. It is not planting season like February, Easter season like March or April; not even likembe season that August gifts us. The fifth month of the year, … Read more
Among the rituals that are the body of Maragoli building and construction traditions, the requirement that the wife be present during “kuweka kofia”, kuvika kesegese, reigns supreme. The kofia (kesegese) is the ‘cap’ that is placed at the apex of the thatched roof of a traditional Maragoli hut. It is the equivalent of the ridge … Read more
It’s not often that one can link African oral literature with the modern science of epidemiology. Such an intricate exercise is within the realm of medical anthropology, whose practitioners locally shouldn’t fill the fingers of one hand. But for an ‘old’ disease like smallpox, you could be in some luck. It shouldn’t therefore be lost … Read more
Given its esteem as a corner of the world replete with cultural treasures little wonder then that, justifiably curious, we watched on when the logooli nation of mulembe nation mourned its fallen son mkevi Ngori. Ngori was a respected traditional circumciser who was the last kind. I had expected a much larger crowd. But, amwavo this … Read more
