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Namachengeche are sisters and relations, often peers, who partake in the care of initiates, omufulu, who have undergone the traditional Bukusu circumcision.

poster with dark yellow background and words the traditional Bukusu circumcision ceremony - everything you'll ever need to know

Speak with authority on Bukusu traditional circumcision ceremony like a true son or daughter of the soil: Who is omusinde? What is sisingilo? And other important vocabulary

Luhya traditional circumcision, Bukusu Culture, Luhya Culture /

Were you circumcised in the traditional way? This is a common, albeit rude, question that Gents face whenever they identify themselves as Bukusu. So popular is the Bukusu traditional circumcision ceremony that it is sure to dominate conversations. If for one reason or another your knowledge on your peoples ways isn’t up to scratch, that’s […]

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Grey scale poster with the words khutiukha, an elaborate bukusu sex education ceremony

Meet khutiukha: the elaborate Bukusu sex education ceremony that made us quality women and made men of honor of omufulu (fresh initiates)

Luhya Culture, Luhya traditional circumcision, Bukusu Culture /

My first formal sex education lesson occurred after one of my cousins had been circumcised when I participated in a ceremony called khutiukha. The Bukusu, my people, are not shamed by sex. Sex education for us begins early. But it doesn’t happen in the drab fashion of today: formal classrooms with uneasy teachers doling out

Meet khutiukha: the elaborate Bukusu sex education ceremony that made us quality women and made men of honor of omufulu (fresh initiates) Read More »