There is a fixture of traditional Luhya home that’s made of wooden logs and sticks and serves as an outdoor stationed rack for air drying utensils. It is known in the various Luhya dialects as: kitaraze (lulogooli), shitalasi (lukisa, lwisukha, lwidakho), sirandaro (lubukusu), shitalataliro (luwanga), esichandaliroo (lunyala), esitaratsi (lunyore), eshitslasi (lutsotso). Join us and find … Read more
How about we learn some Lunyole words. Lunyole/ Nyole/ Olunyole/ Nyore/ Olunyore is spoken by the Anyole of Vihiga County. But before we enjoy the roll of this beautiful language off our tongues, a bit of surprising trivia. Whilst researching this article, I came across a classification of languages that on one part is proof … Read more
We explore the meaning of the Bukusu proverb ‘enyama yo mundu eli nga yemboko, okinyolela khusibumba‘ which translates to: the meat of a human being is not like that of a buffalo, if you find it you are as good as dead. This search for meaning, takes us on a journey into Bukusu and Luhya … Read more
Today I am in a mood to tell stories. A different kind of stories. Quite unlike our folktales on Namukhokhome the gecko or Nabalayo and her five sisters. We can say our story today is devoid of a head, tail or philosophical meaning. However, it is packed with necessary-to-know information. This is because our story … Read more
We saw how some Maragoli words have similar pronunciation and meaning with Kinyarwanda words. Moreover, we have also explored a clutch of Maragoli words that sound like Kinyarwanda words, but mean different things. Today, we go pure Kimaragoli, Uloogoli, L’logoli or Maragori if you like. We have curated a list of 60+ common Maragoli words … Read more
Some time back, we named our babies. Though we are yet to explore the whole shebang of naming and how luhya names come about, but some justice was done with our piece on Bukusu naming traditions. Today we talk about a phase in a baby’s development that can be the most embarrassing for young, inexperienced … Read more
In contemporary Kenyan speak, mention of the word mulembe teleports one to western Kenya.Yet a mirage still blinds the true meaning of that which made a people ever so great: mulembe.
