Culture: Africa’s most expressive and world renowned Maasai people hold biggest festival to drink milk, eat meat and dance
The five-day festival being held in Amboseli National Park was officially opened by Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku, alongside Narok’s Governor Patrick ole Ntutu and Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit.
East Africa’s most famous indigenous tribe, Maasai, set for third edition of its cultural festival in November
The much-anticipated third edition of the Maa Cultural Festival is set to take place this November, bringing together communities from across the Maa-speaking counties to celebrate their rich cultural heritage. Maasai is one of the most recognisable indigenous ethnic groups in Africa that live astride Kenya and Tanzania. The annual...
Luo Council of Elders plead with state and Raila funeral committee to let them to perform cultural rites
According to the programme by funeral committee chaired by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, public viewing at Kisumu Show Ground would end at 3pm on Saturday and the body moved to Bondo 60km away by road.
How Agikuyu of central Kenya are reliving the past in Thingira Cultural Village
Foods such as mukimo (mix of maize, beans, potatoes and traditional vegetables mashed together), njahi (black beans), ngwaci (sweet potatoes) and marigu (green bananas) are cooked in clay pots just as it was done many decades ago.
Tiriki and Terik ethnic ‘cousins’ of western Kenya meet Vihiga Governor Ottichillo over indigenous culture
The meeting discussed the proposed construction of a cultural centre for the Terik community, equipping and operationalising Shiru Cultural Centre and Shamakhokho Resource Centre, plus documentation and digitisation of cultural heritage assets from both communities.
Sins of honesty: Do culturally dominant Luhyia have to be dragged through shame and ignominy in Kenya’s ethnic power play?
Kakamga Senator Boni Khalwale has on several occasions confirmed to Tell Media that Oparanya was forced to downgrade Luhyias numbers to show the Kikuyu are more. Dr Khalwale points out that national resources distribution drives census politics. “There’s no way the Kikuyu are going to relinquish this advantage to Luhyia,” Khalwale once told Tell Media.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Listening billionaires’ stories it’s obvious they are sick of human species, whom they see as inferior beings around them
In order to roll back the labour victories of the postwar era (which had become harder to justify in the wake of falling profits), American elites both empowered finance capital (leading to a series of bubbles) and embraced deindustrialization, with many industries shifting to the Global South (notably China).
