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Agikuyu Women

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13 Nov

Our Saturday 13th November lesson is here! This is part one of our series on Marriage as it was practiced among the Agìkūyū. We will have several other parts handling matters single motherhood, divorce, polygamy, and much more. We hope you learn, re-learn, and un-learn.💥💥

Marriage as understood and perceived...
In part one of this long series of marriage as it was practiced among the Agìkūyū, we will elaborate how the Agìkūyū understood and perceived marriage and marriage life.

It is important to note that the process of initiation was MAINLY directed toward marriage and procreation. Marriage among the Agìkūyū was, similar to other African communities, understood to be the institution that makes possible the practical expression of fecundity.

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Agikuyu Women

@AgikuyuWomen

11 Nov

Makinya Matano ma Mūtumia Mūgìkūyu - New members 👇👇👇👇👇👇
There are 5 stages of the Mūgìkūyū Mūtumia.

1. Kang'ei - this is a newly married woman with young children. Her husband is called Kamatimū

2. Karegeire - a woman would enters this stage when her child goes through the circumcision rite. In most cases the first born. Her husband is called Kìambi Kìa Ūgotho

3. Nyakìnywa Nini - When one of her children gets married, then the woman graduates to the stage of Nyakìnywa Nini. Her husband is called Mūthuri Wa Horio.

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Agikuyu Women

@AgikuyuWomen

11 Nov

Our February 2022 Online Gìkūyū classes for adults intake is now open all the way to January 8th. See details on the poster below

This Saturday November 13th, join us for part 1 of our long series on all things Marriage as was practiced among the AGÌKŪYŪ. Tag a friend. 💥💥💥

We also have on offer this wonderful book on the Agìkūyū culture : A people called the Agìkūyū yesterday today and tomorrow? Over 10 years of research, 919 pages Worth every coin. 3,700.

This set of 6 books is for children and adults eager to learn Gìkūyū language. Each comes with a teacher's guide to help plan, execute, and evaluate weekly goals. A copy is 600, A set is 3,600. You get a free children's story book. Orders Via DM,SMS/ WHATSAPP us on 0790-224189

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Agikuyu Women

@AgikuyuWomen

8 Nov

In case you missed our Saturday thread 👇👇
The Agìkūyū Staff ( Mūthìgi) that bear psychic effects

Whenever there is a gathering of elders, be it a meeting, ceremony, or ritual, it is usual to see one or all of the elders holding a Mūthìgi (staff.)

Ideally, a staff in many African communities is a symbol of power. However, among the Agìkūyū there is more to this. There are staff among the Agìkūyū that actually reflect psychic effect on the bearer. These types are 3.

The first is a long staff that is bent at the top. This is the Seer’s staff Mūthìgi wa Mūrathi. Other than portraying the sacerdotal authority in relation to the mysteries of the universe, the seers originally used their staff as a calculating device.

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Agikuyu Women

@AgikuyuWomen

7 Nov

"The book also seeks to expose the unfair treatment the warrior, who had risen to the rank of paramount chief (Muthamaki), was subjected to by the colonial operatives he had warmly welcomed and defended when his people were of a mind to chase the foreigners out of the country.

That, and the need to help his children and the future members of the family understand and be proud of their roots, is his motivation.
Waiyaki wa Hinga is said in many history books to have been killed by the colonial government officers at Kibwezi in 1892.

The muthamaki had been arrested and sentenced to detention in Kibwezi after a scuffle between him and an officer of the colonial government called Purkiss at Fort Smith in present-day Kiambu County.

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