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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...

Saniaga Groups

The Tete

Some of the names to Indians at Lunyerere

Reminiscing Chugi, year 3020.

At the death of a man, only children and a house counts

A genuine request for a motorbike

Doubts about getting a motorbike for Saniaga

Saniaga Muzami - Oral Genealogy

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The Sacco minimum isn't too high for mama Dembeke

Kenya Census 2019

Maragori translation of Utengano by Said A. Mohamed

Translating Things Fall Apart to Maragori.

Maragori elders; 3-4 generations ago.

Planting cassava

Getting Cassava seed stems

Ndikakwangare urikavora yaga!

They ventured past the POND - Maragoli Women.

Why aren't our heroes celebrated?

And who are these Independence Heros?

Maragoli population, 2009 census

Banking for your motorbike

This name, Mbimwa.

Runihi, Rinyinya and Isindu

The Ambuzi

Fwd: Where are vihinda? Can't we put them back into day to day use?