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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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Hi all, I have been following the discussion...


-: Hi all, I have been following the Saniaga discussion with very keen interest, I am almost concluding that our ancestors were ambitious and adventurous in nature and also responsible, they kept track of what they did and where. Look at this real case scenario; one of my brothers sired a child with a Portuguese lady 12 years ago, the lady went back to Portugal with the boy. That boy will grow into a man and will sire generations of Saniagas in Europe with no trace of black or colored skin, the boy has a Saniaga name Ndasia! This is a true situation.

-: If I may ask madam Jeska, about DNA and weaker offsprings as a result of marriage between relatives, looks like Saniaga knew about this very early, that's why they would cast their nets far and wide!!🤓🤓🤓

-: Let us keep adding our thoughts. We are going to use it in our researching.

All is titled and archived @ saniaga.blogspot.com

-: Yes Lungafa, as much as it may look, feel or sound unconvincing..... file/archieve everthing, we will get answers

-: By the way my late maternal grandpa had migrated to Kigumba and only brought part of  the family back to Kenya during Idd Amin’s rule in Uganda. Whoever is going to assess and give us the church renovation quote was probably born in Kigumba. Sidika

-: @Lung'afa
Adventure in its finer perspective! Ask Saniaga origi!! 😎😎😎

-: I make trips there, Kigumba as late as last year but not on research but to bury those there. If a contingency needed, necessitating a trip, things can be organised

-: The first Ebola breakout in Uganda in the 1980s happened in the middle of these Kigumba Saniagas, consuming a whole family living one survivor only  - Lumumba and 32 orphans a place called Kaduku, the place I visit. Lumumba's family were neighbours to the Agesa family that I occasionally visit. Lumumba took care of the orphans with some help from the Red Cross, but help eventually fizzled out, but them children all are now grow up into man and women married with children, another generation of Saniagas formed.  Lumumba is still alive with a story to tell of how he escaped from hospital to survive Ebola!!!! His narration of evens would make you ask... what really was this thing... Ebola????

-: Maybe an identity @Lung'afa . Might our first father have married a kalenjin gal as result of wondering? Have you known who the wife to the first family was?

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