Stories, videos and pictures that open the world of common Abanyala proverbs with meanings. Enjoy African proverbs from a sub-tribe of the Luhya of Kenya. For a complete, visit our page on Abanyala proverbs; learn more about the Abanyala here.
Khukhona mwikhokho is a fast fading Bukusu cultural marriage practice whose contribution to polygamous marriages of the polygyny type (embalikha) of yesteryear is one hard to ignore. We feature it for cultural purposes. Possibly also to offer answers to a lost soul who on tracing their roots, came by a relation that in today’s westernized … Read more
The gecko, namukhokhome, loves his caterpillars, esa, for food. But it reaches a time that even the gecko rejects what it loves: Namukhokhome kafucha esa. This Abanyala saying means that however much we try to hide the unsavory contours in our characters, they time to time get exposed. Case in point is namukhokhome in this … Read more
