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Meet makhalanje aka tsimbale aka kamalwa kamakhalange: The humble traditional Luhya fermented food that’s been paid as a queen’s bride price, is key when making men out of boys, is enjoyed by the high and mighty and more interesting stories

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Among the Luhya the traditional beer, kamalwa, is made from spontaneously fermented maize flour. The fermented flour is sun dried then fried in a pan until it assumes a coarse powder form. When in this state, it is known as kamalwa kamakhalange or simply kamakhalange. Also: Makhalanje, tsimbale, mkarango. My people simply cannot resist kamalwa […]

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Farewell Omupeni Namatete, Bukusu folk music maestro

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Re-known Bungoma based entertainer Omwami Samuel Namatete has died. Best known for his hits sekali nomulala, khusimane, endika yange and ocha ekombe. News of his sudden death aged 47 on the morning of 2nd March 2020 filtered in on social media. He is said to have collapsed a few days ago en-route from a Nairobi

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PART 1B: The Heroics Of Freedom Fighter Wakoli khwa Mukisu At The Battle Of Mukhweya – Remembering Chetambe War

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This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

This section of Part 1 of our three part series that honors the memory of the heroes of the Chetambe war, remembers freedom fighter Wakoli khwa Mukisu. Wakoli is a shujaa who modern Kenya criminally chooses to forget. He was the mastermind of the first phase of the BaBukusu resistance that culminated in victory for

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PART 1: Remembering Chetambe War – Lumboka To Chetambe, Resisting Nabongo Mumia, The Legend Of Wakoli The Freedom Fighter and Chetambe Ifile The Great Tachoni Warrior

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This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

In this first part of the Mulembe Nation series that honors the memory of the gallant shujaas of Chetambe, I attempt to detail the chronology of the war of Chetambe. Read on to learn of the triggers of the battles. What lead to the battle of Mukhweya? What about the battle of Lumboka I and

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PART 1E: The Human Cost- Chetambe War Casualties, Fate Of Freedom Fighters Wakoli Khwa Mukisu and Chetambe Ifile

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This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

In this final installment of part one of our three part series honoring the memory of the shujaas of Chetambe, we attempt to enumerate the most complete rota of Chetambe war casualties. This is done as an act of remembrance. It’s also a way to reveal the scale and types of atrocities faced by our

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PART 1A: Remembering Chetambe War – The First Battle Of Lumboka

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This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

In this part of the series, I remember the first battle of Lumboka. A battle whose significance has been lost to confusion. Read on to meet the forgotten heroes of Lumboka. About The Series In this first part of the Mulembe Nation series that honors the memory of the gallant shujaas of Chetambe, I detail

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PART 1D: Shujaa Chetambe Ifile, The Fort And The Legend Of Bukusu Freedom Fighter Who Bullets Couldn’t Stop – Remembering Chetambe War

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This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

In this penultimate installment of part 1 of our series honoring the mashujaa of the Bukusu resistance, we honor the heroes of Chetambe War of 1895. We started off this series by defining the time and place of the different battles that were the culmination of the Bukusu resistance to imperialists and slave traders. I

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PART 1C: Shujaas Of Lumboka War -Honoring Shujaa Lyambila, Shujaa Maina and His Sons, and The 400 Bukusu Freedom Fighters Who Shed Their Blood – REMEMBERING CHETAMBE WAR

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This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series The Shujaas Of Chetambe- A story of the Bukusu resistance of 1895

Our account today in the this third installment of part one of our three part series honoring the memory of the heroes of Chetambe war focuses on the heroes, shujaas of the Lumboka war. Therefore, we will remain marooned on the story of the brave fight by shujaa Maina and his two sons. The selfless

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Remembering The Gallant Shujaas Of Chetambe War: A Mulembe Nation Three Part Series On A Fight For Emancipation Criminally Forgotten

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The aim of this article is to teleport the reader back to a struggle for emancipation in colonial Kenya that, in our view, has been criminally forgotten. Our objective is that by the series end we would have done justice to the remembrance of the shujaas of Chetambe war. To realize our goal, we will

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4 Things You Didn’t Know About Prof. Mary Walingo

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Prof. Mary Walingo hails from County Kakamega. At the time of writing, September of 2019 when she hit the headlines, her local representative was West Kabras MCA Hon. David Ndakwa, leader of minority Kakamega County. Her local MP was Hon Malulu Injendi of Malava Constituency. She hails not far from Lukume area. A recent investigative

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