Murogori na vana veve - Simon Jumba

Attention @Lung'afa, I just discovered this tiny book in my collection. It was written by Simoni Jumba, a maternal uncle of my father's (playwright Prof. Francis Imbuga's mother was also from the same family). It has a scanty description of the Maragoli traditional religion and the ing'oma drum that was the centre of both governance and worship. He even listed the names of the 'Vasalisi ve ing'oma ', who were vamavi, the clan also charged with traditional healing (herbalism etc)  . The drum priests were Kiviriri, Gimagati, Mulwani, Govero, Demesi, Isa, Ndiya, Nabemo, Machayo, Keyoga , Kihugwa and the last known (presumably), Nikodemo  Ahuta. Could any of their descendants be traced ? As a matter of curiosity.

-:Thanks. 

Books we shall be 'archiving' and 'editting'. 😁. 

What of Benjamin's? Any leads? 

Keep that book well, you shall be filling a Saniaga Artefact Collection sheet and go in record as one who 'secured' it with us. 

-/Asante