QUICK DELIVERY
Swift dispatch
ITUĨKA Ria wathani wa Agĩkũyũ
Ihinda rĩa ituĩka rĩakinya (thutha wa mĩaka 30-35), bũrũriinĩ wa Agĩkũyũ gũtirĩ kwaiguĩka atuiki maregagĩra wathaniinĩ; na riika rĩrĩa rĩraathana nĩ rĩehagĩrĩra ũthamaki hatarĩ ngucanio. O nao matarĩ wathaniinĩ; gũtirĩ ũngĩacuumĩkĩire ũthamaki ihiinda rĩao rĩtakinyĩte. Itĩĩna rĩĩrĩ rĩa wathani rĩathira, Njaama ya atoonyi a irĩra cia ituĩka nĩ yacookanagĩrĩra nĩguo mambĩrĩrie gũthaagania mehaarĩria ma igongoona. Ituĩka rĩa mũico rĩekirwo gatagatĩinĩ ka mwaka wa 1897 na 1898.
Mũtiiri Mũtaarani
Following the arrival of the white man, many Kenyan communities abandoned their cultures and embraced Western ways.
Using cunning, trickery and coercion, the white man was able to get Africans to turn their backs on their own cultures. Early colonists knew that if Africans remained steadfast to their cultures, they would find it extremely to control them. As a result, Africans cultures were labeled primitive and backward. And soon, the core of African culture - religion - was attacked.
Once the African embraced the Western Religion, it became quite easy to submit to the white man. Education and salvation became the new symbols of status and power.
This book, Mũtiiri Mũtaarani, is written in Kikuyu and focuses on the traditional customs and beliefs of the Agîkûyû community - Joseph Ngunjiri - (Sunday Nation 18.03.2012