Kuvika Kesegese

All about kurugiza, house warming the Maragoli way: When your sister in law helps you to cook fulfilling an important Maragoli tradition that makes a home complete

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poster with image of a lit fire titled ku.kurugiza a Maragoli tradition

Kurugiza is a Maragaoli tradition that straddles the community’s building traditions and marriage traditions. It is an important part of our culture that serves to make a union complete. Literally, kurugiza means ‘to be made or be aided to cook’. Recently, before COVID-19 disrupted our cultures and way of life, I attended the burial of … Read more

Blind Date: Meet The Hilarious and Shocking Luhya Version Of Tinder That Makes Come We Stay Marriages Seem So Romantic

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graphic of mobile phones with interlocking universal male and female symbols depicting online dating, the descendant of the phenomenon we've called the Luhya version of Tinder

If you thought that blind dates are a modern phenomenon, the following story on a hilarious Luhya version of Tinder will re-frame your perceptions. This story isn’t about arranged customary marriages from the days of Jairus, my grandfather, and Nakhatama, my grandmother. Our story today is set in peri-independence Kenya. To put it another way, … Read more