Making Culture Mulembe. Find the latest Luhya entertainment news, the best in Luhya music and reviews, Luhya pop culture, Luhya comedy, fashion and style, Luhya short stories and original shows.
Celebrating the spirit of mulembe that lives on in Luhya people (people of mulembe) vibrant outlook of life; as manifest by our rich traditional and contemporary dances, music and performance arts culture.
Mgenge2ru Nonini on social media pressures, personal struggles and focusing on your goals and choosing battles. Quote: Nonini Mgenge2Ru on social media pressures In this quote: We like the quote as it’s coming literally from the proverbial horses mouth. Often, the glitzy life that celebrities and wannabes post on social media causes feelings of FOMO, … 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 even as they morph with the times, continue to relate social gossip, news and political commentary whose net effect is to bring us together in … Read more
A story of how I missed out on my first school trip to Bungoma ASK show, laden with many lessons for life. I failed mathematics in primary school not because I was stupid but because of bitterness, pain and a grudge I harbored towards my mathematics teacher following a painful experience. The incidence was so painful … Read more
This stunning Papa Shirandula mural by bankslaveone is the most fitting of eulogies. Bankslaveone is an acclaimed Kenyan street artist famous for his commemorative depiction of modern heroes, alongside pieces on social activism on his canvas – the walls in the streets of Nairobi and beyond, in need of being brought to life. In this … Read more
How to ask a riddle in Bukusu. Details of an oral art form that’s akin to a mental dance between the person who asks the brainteaser (the caller) and their audience (the respondent). How to ask a riddle in Bukusu – steps and cues Practice with this example Caller: Namunayii_ (Riddle_) Respondent: Kwichee! (Riddle come!) … Read more
Riddles have been termed the most important African oral art form. Discover, have fun and learn with our growing list of Bukusu riddles – kiminayi
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 … Read more
Growing up Luhya, there were fewer things more blasphemous than calling your senje, aunt. Worse, auntie. But who is senge or senje anyway? Highlights According to Sauti Sol’s senje is the ‘random aunt who everyone relates to’. Growing up Luhya, senje is how you and your paternal aunt would call each other. Strictly speaking senje … Read more
Makokha and Papa Shirandula – just to name a few of the most accomplished Luhya acts in recent times – offer the shoulders upon which this new generation of artists putting Luhya comedy on the world map stand upon, as they reach for the stars. Meet comedians Nakhumicha, The Musalia Mudambi, Miheso, Mc Tonde, Choffuri, … Read more
Alongside the talented likes of Choffuri and the late John Gift, Mulamwah is first among equals in a pioneering generation of entertainers practicing a form of comedy that observers have labelled as online comedy or status comedy. They are young, gifted, proudly representative of their Mulembe heritage, with a high ceiling and just getting started. … Read more
