Meet the Bukusu proverb embalikha yarafua nga ekhilakhima – A tale of polygamy, the church and Elijah Masinde’s resistance.

poster A Bukusu proverb: embalikha elinga ekhilakhima, esiukha bichikhi!

As I equivocally stated before, we the people of mulembe are a people of love. The spirit of mulembe is that of warmth. That of love. Of companionship. That of … Read more

A Bukusu Proposal: Secrets To How To Write Letter Of Intent Asking For Her Hand In Marriage and Hacking The Show Up Party Thereafter, All Before Dowry Negotiations

Will you marry me neon sign, the Bukusu way of communicating the same is a letter and a ceremony known as show up or introduction

Among my people, to be a man, you have to be honorable and ask for a girls hand in marriage the right way. For the Bukusu, this includes writing a … Read more

Mukha Rarao Omutiti Obeya Busa: When A Son Could Take His Father’s Wife To Propagate His Generation

Wife inheritance was one of the key contributors to polygamy of the polygyny type (embalikha) among the Bukusu. The following cultural practice best described via the Bukusu words mukha rarao … Read more

Khukona Mwikhokho: Back In The Day, It Was Sometimes No Taboo For A Father To ‘Take’ His Son’s Woman

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 … Read more