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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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Hello Family, good evening. This is what I did in 2017 after slowly collecting the info from 2013. Everyone of us can have it - interlinked. So that we know where and how we connect. Importantly the CBO should have it in its bank - the wholesome Saniaga Tree. With it is a collection of stories and lessons key to our understanding of ourselves as a people. 

When we know ourselves best then we can understand others well. Such an image if printed and framed well can outstand in our sitting rooms, dwarfing all present art collections and images on our walls. Some can go ahead and decorate further with printed images at the names. It should also be the interest of IT men and women in the house to design such an application that can take in the information and be easily accessed by one with such rights that it remains confidential. It is going to be an interesting activity among us as we look forward to have our history documented and preserved. - Asante

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