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The struggle with many a rigid Logooli cultural practices

  The Logooli community is one of the deeply cultured societies – with near everything supposed to have been done as per custom – to allow another custom to follow. One example is that for a mature man (with a child or more) to be buried, there must be a house structure at home. Another is that a boy must be circumcised and nursed in father land. If maternal family decides to, the boy will have a hard time reconnecting with father people - a dent on his masculinity. There were two children who got burnt to death in a house in Nairobi. The single mother had left for night work. Elders were told that one of the children was Logooli. The other, the woman had sired with someone else. The Logooli family wanted to burry their little one and long discussed the do’s and don’ts. Of a man who died childless and the grave was placed as if he had died as a man with children. It should have been dug on the sides, the grave. A real thorn should have been thrust in his buttocks, his name go...
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Izava Walk : Trees of Maragoli

A man fences his farm till the last pole keeps dates with Izava. Had the water been clear the pole would dance to its shadow alongside trees. Another whose land crossed Izava had barbed wire almost over Izava! People like me badly trespassed and there were girls who told me - hakuna njia.

It was all wet and springs were fertile heading to Jerisi, Wamutange and Waerisi. Vidundu grew in many competition. An old woman collected some for firewood. Ahead, a man weeded zimbande. We started.

'Vasaniaga vadeka yinu varura!' He was saying. Mutembe was the tree which if you denied a deed, justified you. You'd be asked by an elder to throw an arrow head to it. A clever assaulter refused. Risazi healed kiguku, a back swell and if you carried medication from a priest, its leaves were the appropriate place to carry in.

Musasa, mudondo, kekembiakembia, engoi, kigadashi, kemenenwa, indavati, rukuri, musunzu, mwanzu, keteng'o, ruvinu, l'liambiri, kikambi, rogohe, risuza, ritagaro, kinavodotwa, kevove, kegomorio, mtere, musengeri, kegoyogoyo, rifaranza, kisivu, rivuvu, kekerokero, kisavuni, rivono, kidandawiri, isambakaru, kisugi, kitiezo, kidunda, gavurudi, kitiezo, masai, mukuviza nyingu, rineke, imbwa, ikavembe, mnangoko, risivi, kaseveve, kigaka, kirunga munyu, musasa gwu mmuritu, rikambi, muruliza, kizana, kemenenwa mburi, rweywe and all their uses!

He said the small stream that separated him from Wamadoya was from Wal'lego spring. And Hakijitu lay after Vuyiya-Elwunza bridge where gold diggers perished. Nine died. It was good meeting him.

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