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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...

Looking for a Maragoli-English online dictionary

-: Looking for a Maragoli-English, English-Maragoli dictionary; online preferably.  Any ideas?

-: There isn't. 

But Saniaga can take it as an opportunity to. 

- Ready?

-: 🙂

I like your spirit Lung'afa... Something that can be done I guess.

-: It is easy. 

@⁨Baba Ndanyi⁩ got them books. Soft copies. Am trying to work on a thesaurus. 🙊. 

A matter of us sitting down to agree on orthography. The r 😆. 

- And we done.

-: As people log in and use, they can throw suggestions. We build on them. As Wikipedia keeps getting info. 😎

-: Some people (Kenyans) residing in the USA put some of my books on line, one listed them with Amazon, but I have not seen them, but they are out there; am working on English - Lulogooli Dictionary which is almost complete,

-: Great work👏👏👏

-: I am attempting an English - Luhya Dictionary but as 4 separate books, very big task, I may need some assistance soon.

-: A big plus, we have this platform 2 uplift this kind of work. Keep going👏👏

-: Where can we get your books? Good job  👏🏾

-: Hard copies ziko library...

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