Mulembe Nation / Archive
The spirit of Mulembe is a philosophy of life informed by the virtue of mulembe, peace, which the Luhya people of western Kenya are known for. To us, the spirit is everything.
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Luhya Culture
1st June of 2020 marked the 57th Madaraka Day commemorating the day in 1963 when Kenya attained independent self-governance after decades as a British Colony. Any other public holiday as this one would have been…
Learn Luhya
Some of you might have had a chance of a visit or a stay in western Kenya. If not, then you might have interacted with my people, the Luhya, anywhere in this country -…
Growing up Luhya
If you grew up or have stayed in the village but you never cleaned up in a "washroom" constructed by banana leaves (sisakati) whose floor composed of a patchwork of cobblestones, humbly accept that…
Bukusu Culture
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 a man loving his…
Luhya Culture
Among the Luhya, it was relatively common to use buffalo hide to make traditional Luhya shields and sleeping mats. However, feasting on buffalo meat required luck. For you had to chance upon it. Meet…
Bukusu Culture
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…
Luhya Culture
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.
