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Chahilu history in Lulogooli : Gaa kale gaa Chahilu (1942-2025)

Bernard Philimona Chahilu 1942-2025  Liivulwa Mukuluundu Bernard Philemon Chahilu yivulwa muhiga gwa 1942 mweli gwa kavili guvee sita (6/2/1942). Nu mwana wa Elam Kilago na maama Jelida Modani ma vosi vaakuza. Nu muyaayi Mukizuungu Mudidi mwifwa Mumasiingila Muvisonye. Yiivulwa muyaayi munifu mulidaala lye Gaigedi, Gaigedi logongo, Wodanga Lusoma, Sabatia Sub-county, Vihiga County. Kuviikilwa makono. Yaaviikilwa ku makono no mwilwazi Daudi Kadenge muhiga gwa 1942 mulidaala lie Gavudia mulivugaana lia Valina. (Friends Church). Likevwa Yaakevwa muhiga gwa 1952 kekevo chalaangwa Silula. Lisooma Yaataangila lisooma lilie ha Gaigedi masoomo go muluguki. Yaamanya niazya Gahumbwa Primary muhiga gwa 1955 mukilaasi kia kavaga. Yaakola ligela lia vaalaanga C.E.E. (Common Entrance Exam) muhiga gwa 1956 ha Gahumbwa. Muhiga gwa 1957 yaazya kusooma mukilaasi cha kataano ha Kericho Township School. Muhiga gwa 1958 yaazya kusooma ha Kigama Intermediate mukilaasi cha siita niakolela ho ligela liala...
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From the craddle, to the world and back

With Professor Mwanzi and his beautiful blue gem 
Kenyan map is basically a Maa zone, 1800s. The Maasai played a major role in the amalgamation and also dispersal of clans/tribes. And also in informing the chronicles of white man, pre-independent Kenya. The philosophy behind the growth and growth of maa was mainly out of their lifestyle. To roam the vastness, meeting new incoming communities. Attacking and enrolling collaborators. Having a ceremony to initiate new members to their tribe - as the Tiriki did, to be counted one among.

Identities were fluid. Changing over time. And fast. Often new people did not want to remain distinct in fear of stigmatisation. To pride in your origins would be equal to self betrayal. There would be consequences. Stories Down River Nile.

Down River Nile is a later story, Up River Nile an earlier story, 250,000 years ago. The craddle of ManKind is in East Africa. Where over time he was civilized enough to step out for adventure and conquering. Up the great river he went. To Arabia, to India, To America, later to Europe. The African Gold Age. And the world celebrated the Black Man, of good character and disposition. Contributing Cuneiform and Hieroglyrlphics to the world. And a system of education such that it applies to date. Greeks can tell.

Then came the Persians. To their own way. The sword and such. Tribulations. Tracing roots, coming home. Then came King James Version of the Bible. Racism. Then colonization and sadly, the modern economical and political standoff in African nations and African states fuelled by China and the West. Ideas against this can turn Africa back to greatness.

Africa, and so East Africa, is capable of providing for its own, people living freely, with pride. As communities of old, in the vast grasslands.

Pic; Historian Prof. Mwanzi and his relic car. With Lung'afa.

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