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Luanda Reggae Defenders - what is your long term agenda?

Luanda Reggae Defenders is a now a popular movement with roots in Vihiga and border Siaya and Kakamega counties Attention is brought to the manner and conduct the movement has gained fame and followers, mainly the Youths. The movement capitalizes on funerals. With a poor culture of putting the dead to rest, the Reggae Defenders have taken it by storm and rebranded the infamous ‘Disco Matanga’ – disco at funeral. Reggae Defenders on move. Pic: Charles Rankings: Facebook They mobilize quickly on the day the dead will be discharged from the mortuary. They have this huge old school sound system that is over buzzing to no clear reggae song - that they hire a pickup to carry - and it has a young DJ mainly standing there than mixing anything. Often, against the rules, the casket is grabbed from a hearse vehicle and tied to a motorbike. There it will be swayed and jerk breaked between other motorbikes on the narrow roads. That, is, how a fellow soldier, often a young dead, is mourned. ...
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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

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