Podcasts about gikuyu

Send us a textDavid Maria - For decades, David struggled emotionally and financially as he worked to overcome the effects of the horrific abuse he experienced in childhood. His wealth of psychic gifts offered glimmers of hope and small breakthroughs that encouraged him. Unfortunately, addiction and toxicity pulled him back into the roiling waters of daily life.While David always had lucid, prophetic dreams, he was surprised when, at the age of 72, he began dreaming of Africa. Those lucid dreams ignited his soul and set the stage for the incredible journey that continues to unfold today. Against the odds, and through multiple miracles and prophetic dreams, in December of 2018, David made the pilgrimage to Mount Kenya for the annual prayer walk. After a series of initiations and energetic jolts that felt like lightning, The Eden Template had been transmitted to David. Once he experienced his own original soul blueprint and purpose through this powerful activation, he returned home to begin the work he came for.Upon his return to Kenya in 2020, David was recognized by the Gikuyu elders as the 13th Seer of Mount Kenya and in 2022 he was inducted / initiated as an elder and the first ever 13th Seer in the Gikuyu society.Viivika Kalma - Like many light workers, Viivika was born into a family filled with drama and disharmony, which left deep wounds in her sensitive heart. Viivika was born as a highly sensitive empath and because of her very open body consciousness, she felt and experienced the feelings of others, different energies, the pain of others in her physical body, and also everything in the collective. She did not realize at the time that her strong empathy for all beings was due to a stronger connection with the heart of all Creation and the heart of the Cosmic Mother. On December 27. 2018, she experienced a spontaneous full body Kundalini awakening at the exact same moment that David was being initiated in Kenya. After this experience, she started getting different downloads, transmissions, and activations every night. Today, she is one of the conscious conduits of the Cosmic Mother."My role is to be a Holy mirror. If you experience others through the prism of Holy love, others will also experience themselves as you experience them, as Holy love.”The Eden Templatewww.theedentemplate.comResources:www.claudiumurgan.comclaudiu@claudiumurgan.comgnotictv.com/programs/claudiu-murganhttps://spirituallyinspired.buzzsprout.comSubscribe for more videos! youtube.com/channel/UC6RlLkzUK_LdyRSV7DE6obQSupport the show

David Maria - For decades, David struggled emotionally and financially as he worked to overcome the effects of the horrific abuse he experienced in childhood. His wealth of psychic gifts offered glimmers of hope and small breakthroughs that encouraged him. Unfortunately, addiction and toxicity pulled him back into the roiling waters of daily life.While David always had lucid, prophetic dreams, he was surprised when, at the age of 72, he began dreaming of Africa. Those lucid dreams ignited his soul and set the stage for the incredible journey that continues to unfold today. Against the odds, and through multiple miracles and prophetic dreams, in December of 2018, David made the pilgrimage to Mount Kenya for the annual prayer walk. After a series of initiations and energetic jolts that felt like lightning, The Eden Template had been transmitted to David. Once he experienced his own original soul blueprint and purpose through this powerful activation, he returned home to begin the work he came for.Upon his return to Kenya in 2020, David was recognized by the Gikuyu elders as the 13th Seer of Mount Kenya and in 2022 he was inducted / initiated as an elder and the first ever 13th Seer in the Gikuyu society.Viivika Kalma - Like many light workers, Viivika was born into a family filled with drama and disharmony, which left deep wounds in her sensitive heart. Viivika was born as a highly sensitive empath and because of her very open body consciousness, she felt and experienced the feelings of others, different energies, the pain of others in her physical body, and also everything in the collective. She did not realize at the time that her strong empathy for all beings was due to a stronger connection with the heart of all Creation and the heart of the Cosmic Mother. On December 27. 2018, she experienced a spontaneous full body Kundalini awakening at the exact same moment that David was being initiated in Kenya. After this experience, she started getting different downloads, transmissions, and activations every night. Today, she is one of the conscious conduits of the Cosmic Mother."My role is to be a Holy mirror. If you experience others through the prism of Holy love, others will also experience themselves as you experience them, as Holy love.”The Eden Templatewww.theedentemplate.comResources:www.ClaudiuMurgan.comwww.SpirituallyInspired.cawww.LoveLettersToWater.caEmail: claudiu@claudiumurgan.comhttps://spirituallyinspired.buzzsprout.comhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1651807/supportFacebook: www.facebook.com/ClaudiuMurganAuthorSubscribe for more videos! youtube.com/channel/UC6RlLkzUK_LdyRSV7DE6obQSupport the Show.

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/folkore

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When King Arthur was conveyed to Avalon they were there. When Odin summoned warriors to Valhalla they were there. When Apollo was worshipped on Greek mountains they were there. When Brendan came to the Island of Women they were there. They are the Nine Maidens – from the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, to the nine sisters at the heart of the found myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, these women stand out in history and mythology. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. As explored in his book The Nine Maidens: Priestesses of the Ancient World (Luath Press, 2023), McHardy shows that whether as Pictish saints, muses, valkyries, druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Welcome to the travel/literary podcast The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan. This is a series of conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home.In this edition, I'm joined by the writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o to discuss his life's works including Wrestling with the Devil, which reflects on his imprisonment back in 1978. Also, his first novel Caitaani Mũtharabainĩ, in English, Devil on the Cross, which he wrote in prison. And Weep Not, Child; The River Between; A Grain of Wheat. More recently his memoirs, Birth of a Dream Weaver and In the House of the Interpreter, and a novel in verse, The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi.Please consider supporting your local bookshop.The Wandering Book Collector would like to thank the supporter of this podcast:Cox & Kings — Arranging captivating travel experiences for over 260 years.If you're enjoying the podcast, I'd love you to leave a rating or a review. To learn about future editions, please subscribe or hit “follow” on your podcast app of choice.Thank you for listening!For more on the podcast, book recs, what books to pack for where's next, and who's up next, I'm across socials @michellejchan. I'd love to hear from you.And if you've missed any, do catch up. From Janine di Giovanni to Bernardine Evaristo to Afua Hirsch to Carla Power to Maaza Mengiste to Kapka Kassabova to Sara Wheeler to Brigid Delaney to Horatio Clare to Rebecca Mead to Preti Taneja to Kathryn D. Sullivan to Emmanuel Jal to Jennifer Steil to Winnie M Li to Mona Arshi to Tim Mackintosh-Smith to Karen Joy Fowler and Shannon Leone Fowler to Ariana Neumann to Anthony Sattin to Roger Robinson to Justin Marozzi to Frances Stonor Saunders to Osman Yousefzada to Kylie Moore-Gilbert to Doreen Cunningham.All credit for sound effects goes to the artists and founders of Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com. All credit for music goes to the artists and founders of Soundstripe.com

Do you know how your Kikuyu name came to be? In this episode, we diverge on the naming process amongst the Agīkūyū and how some names were arrived at. The post S6 Episode 5: Marītwa ma Mūgīkūyū  first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

This episode starts with how knowledge and life lessons were passed down from one generation to the other in a typical Kikuyu household The post S6 Episode3: Gīthomo na Mītugo ya Mūgīkūyū  first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

In this episode, we dive into the stages of life of the Agīkūyū. We talk about significant things in each stage The post S6Episode 2: Marūngo first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

This episode starts from Mūkūrweinī wa Nyagathanga right down to the daughters of Gikūyū and Mūmbi. The characteristics of the clans and how we get to know the clans we belong to. The post S6 Episode 1: Kihumo Kia Mugikuyu first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Holiday adventures at shagz The post Holiday Special S5 Episode 3 : Magui first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Mischief holiday shagz chronicles The post Holiday Special S5 Episode 2 : Gukunyanirwo  first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Holidays in shagz: fun, family and mischief The post Holiday Special S5 Episode 1 : Gacohi first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Enjoy the last fan episode featuring @TheDivineBandit who shares a mwakenya on Kikuyu romance The post S4 Episode 6: Urugari wa Wendo first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Another fan episode featuring @TheDivineBandit chatting about his life in uplands and his first bicycle. The post S4 Episode 5: Kamaithikiri first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Ndari ya Mwarimû is our episode 4 featuring our fan from Gikondi @LawrenceWanjohi sharing his good boy demeanor growing up The post S4 Episode 4: Ndari ya Mwarimu first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

This episode features @karryGitau a Shagz Chronicles fan who had a running with Safari Ants. The post S4 Episode 3: Thuraku first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

In this episode, we enjoy the art of storytelling with little to no Kikuyu. Muiruri, one of our fans cracked us up with his ingenious methods of overcoming water problems back in the day. The post S4 Episode2: Mathugumo first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Mikel opens up about the foundations of the Cheza Roho game and how regular collaborator Magaa The Fela was a huge catalyst to the new revelation.

Sunday school mischief and its repercussions. The post S3 Episode 5: Kuingatwo Thandi first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

It would be impossible to chronicle our experiences in Shagz without featuring the ladies that held it down. If "Wanja Kihiii" is a phrase you're familiar with, then this episode is for you...featuring stories from the horse's mouth. The post S2 Episode 6: Mucang'ang'a first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Setting each other up - Sometimes it worked and most times, it backfired; either way, humor was assured. They were an opportunity for us to display our wits or lack thereof The post S2 Episode 5: Kigenyo Utangiruuga first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

The episode is based on scars. Literal scars that tell stories, scars that look like an adventure itself, and scars that instantly take you back to the good old days of growing up in Shagz The post S2 Episode 4: Irema na Ng'ano Cia Cio first appeared on Shagz Chronicles.

Ngugi wa Thiongo is a Kenyan writer and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. His short story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright, has been translated into 98 languages from around the world. Ngũgĩ was imprisoned for over a year. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, the artist was released from prison, and fled Kenya. In the United States, he taught at Yale University for some years, and has since also taught at New York University, with a dual professorship in Comparative literature and Performance Studies, and at the University of California, Irvine. Ngũgĩ has frequently been regarded as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Concentration Camps, Trials & Executions  In Nairobi | Britain's Shameful Colonial Past in Kenya AKA "The Emergency" (part 3)Let's talk about the  end of the KLFA rebellion, British withdrawal from Kenya, the rise of Jomo Kenyatta, General China, the fate of the Gikuyu and the trials and executions carried out by the British. This is part 3 of a 3 part history podcast series on how Kenya gained independence from England... I'm going to take us through the brutal end of the KLFA rebellion and the end to the British occupation of Kenya. We're talking about controversial stuff today including British re-education camps, the fate of the Gikuyu people and political organizing in Kenya until official independence from Britain. In this episode, I'll detail more about the concentration camps, re-education, the colonial government's destruction of the Kenyan state and the outcome of the KLFA rebellion.We get a relatively happy ending with Kenyan independence but the journey there has many twists and turns... This will be my first black history month doing this podcast... This is a 3 part series documenting the Kenyan emergency. My next episode will be on a relatively recent event influential in African American history.  I mention it at the end of this episode. Share this with your history class, cite me in a paper or better yet, email me. blackhistorypod@gmail.comFind me on social media and say hello.SUBSCRIBE and follow for a new weekly podcast.Find me on twitter:www.twitter.com/blkhistorypodSubscribe on Patreon:www.patreon.com/blackhistorypodALL music by rising star Pres Morris:Twitter: www.twitter.com/pres_morrisradiofreeglobe.bandcamp.comSOURCES:Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo KenyattaHow to pronounce Gikuyu: https://forvo.com/word/g%C4%A9k%C5%A9y%C5%A9/Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of an Empire by David Anderson  BBC news source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138

Part 2 of a (now) THREE PART series. The Authoritarian Police State | Britain's Shameful Colonial Past in Kenya AKA "The Emergency" (part 2)Let's talk about the authoritarian police state and white nationalist response to Kenyan sovereignty. The Mau Mau rebellion, the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army,  Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, Gikuyu/Kikuyu history.  Part 2 of a 3 part history podcast series on how Kenya gained independence from England... Warning: it's unpleasant.I'm going to outline the stakes for Kenyan independence, the political issues faced by Africans and the W I L D behavior of the British (United Kingdom) colonial governments in African countries. In this episode, I'll detail more white nationalism, African nationalism and talk about the Lari Massacre, one of the most significant events in changing public opinion in favor of the colonial government (but not for the reason you think.) BACK from my hiatus and ready for black history month. This will be my first black history month doing this podcast... This is a 3 part series documenting the Kenyan emergency. The 3rd part will be here soon because I am finally back in my office and can record, write, and ruin everyone's day by constantly talking about obscure black history.  Yay! Find me on social media and say hello. Let me know if you cite this podcast in a class paper. Don't be shy. SUBSCRIBE and follow for a new weekly podcast.Find me on twitter:www.twitter.com/blkhistorypodSubscribe on Patreon:www.patreon.com/blackhistorypodALL music by the talented Pres Morris:Twitter: www.twitter.com/pres_morrisradiofreeglobe.bandcamp.comSOURCES:Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo KenyattaHow to pronounce Gikuyu: https://forvo.com/word/g%C4%A9k%C5%A9y%C5%A9/Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of an Empire by David Anderson  BBC news source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138

Leave Kenya Alone! (Britain's Shameful Hidden Past AKA "The Emergency").  The Mau Mau rebellion, the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army,  Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, Gikuyu/Kikuyu history. A brief introduction into how Kenya gained independence from England. Warning: it's unpleasant.I'm going to outline the stakes for Kenyan independence, the political issues faced by Africans and the W I L D behavior of the British (United Kingdom) colonial governments in African countries.BACK from my hiatus and ready AF for black history month. My first black history month doing this podcast... This is a two part series documenting the Kenyan emergency. The second part will be much longer because I am finally back in my office and can record, write, and ruin everyone's day by constantly talking about obscure black history.  Yay! Find me on social media and say hello. Let me know if you cite this podcast in a class paper. Don't be shy. SUBSCRIBE and follow for a new weekly podcast.Find me on twitter:www.twitter.com/blkhistorypodSubscribe on Patreon:www.patreon.com/blackhistorypodALL music by the talented Pres Morris:Twitter: www.twitter.com/pres_morrisradiofreeglobe.bandcamp.comSOURCES:Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo KenyattaHow to pronounce Gikuyu: https://forvo.com/word/g%C4%A9k%C5%A9y%C5%A9/Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of an Empire by David AndersonBooks by David Anderson:https://www.google.com/search?q=david+anderson+author+histories+of+the+hanged&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk03ag-gZOsng2oQreowMY_9zg2zxpw:1611951634035&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizrKrk-8HuAhUzB50JHaiQBfsQ1TV6BAgJEGo&biw=1420&bih=950BBC news source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-12997138

African Myths of Origin, The Gikuyu of Kenya. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phines-jackson-jr7/support

Paul Holdengräber is joined by writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on episode 137 of The Quarantine Tapes. A celebrated author of novels, plays, essays, and more, Ngũgĩ talks with Paul about how the themes of his most recent book, The Perfect Nine, resonate in this moment.Ngũgĩ tells stories of meeting Langston Hughes as a young man before unpacking his own theories about what makes a truly good storyteller. In a thoughtful and wide-reaching conversation, he and Paul dig into questions of the oral tradition of literature, the value of multilingualism, and how colonizing powers leverage language and memory to suppress the colonized. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. Ngũgĩ burst onto the literary scene in East Africa with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National Theatre in Kampala, Uganda, in 1962. His first volume of literary essays, Homecoming, appeared in print in 1969, followed, in later years, by other volumes including Writers in Politics (1981 and 1997); Decolonising the Mind (1986); Moving the Center (1994); and Penpoints, Gunpoints and Dreams (1998).Ngũgĩ has continued to write prolifically, publishing, in 2006, what some have described as his crowning achievement, Wizard of the Crow, an English translation of the Gikuyu language novel, Murogi wa Kagogo. Ngũgĩ’s books have been translated into more than thirty languages and they continue to be the subject of books, critical monographs, and dissertations. Paralleling his academic and literary life has been his role in the production of literature, providing, as an editor, a platform for other people’s voices. He has edited the following literary journals: Penpoint (1963-64); Zuka (1965 -1970); Ghala (guest editor for one issue, 1964?); and Mutiiri (1992-). He has also continued to speak around the world at numerous universities and as a distinguished speaker. These appearances include: the 1984 Robb Lectures at Auckland University in New Zealand; the1996 Clarendon Lectures in English at Oxford University; the 1999 Ashby Lecture at Cambridge; and the 2006 MacMillan Stewart Lectures at Harvard. He is recipient of many honors, including the 2001 Nonino International Prize for Literature and eleven honorary doctorates.

This week, Liberty and Danika discuss The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Leave the World Behind, White Tears/Brown Scars, and more great books. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead; Amazon Publishing; and The Return by Nicholas Sparks. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution by Chiho Saito Leave the World Behind: A Novel by Rumaan Alam Wall Disease: The Psychological Toll of Living Up Against a Border by Jessica Wapner The Hollow Places: A Novel by T. Kingfisher White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad Spoiler Alert: A Novel by Olivia Dade The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes WHAT WE’RE READING: Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Class Act by Jerry Craft We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards The Turncoat: A Novel by Siegfried Lenz, John Cullen (translator) Mrs. Murakami’s Garden by Mario Bellatin, Heather Cleary (translator) The Piano Student by Lea Singer and Elisabeth Lauffer (translator) I Hope This Helps: Comics and Cures for 21st Century Panic by Tommy Siegel Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews: Herbal Potions, Magical Teas, and Spirited Libations by Amy Blackthorn Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson, Kwame Alexander The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature by Peter Mendelsund and David J. Alworth Cuyahoga by Pete Beatty Apple: (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth Spell Starter (A Caster Novel) by Elsie Chapman ESCAPEs by Daniel Tunnard A Jedi, You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas The Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear by Gerry Spence Lon Chaney Speaks by Pat Dorian Ruby by Nina Allan In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception by Matt Hart The Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo, Daniel J. 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In this podcast episode, Waiyaki and Njeri introduce ethical principles that the Mugikuyu aspired to live by (and should aspire to live by even today) and the stages that a man and a woman go through throughout their life.To learn more about Agikuyu ethics, please read the book "African Ethics, Gikuyu Traditional Morality" by Mutigaire Hannah Wangeci Kinoti. 

This first podcast details the origin story of the Agikuyu, the clans and some of their characteristics, and informs the listener on how to find out about their lineage. Enjoy.

Un testo di incredibile profondità e sagacia, fondamentale per comprendere il ruolo giocato dalla lingua all'interno del mondo colonizzato. Seguici anche su fb, ig e sul nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ , ogni giorno, il meglio della cultura di Medio Oriente e Mondo islamico

Stories are carried on for generations. Here's one of the legendary Gikuyu and Mumbi, their nine daughters and basically, what to expect in county 21 - MURANG'A Photo by: Wamiti Sonharry Voiced by: Phyllis Njoki - a Kenyan professional fascinated by Kenya's intricate past and excited to be part of its fantastic future. Read the Murang'a story: https://www.paukwa.or.ke/muranga/

Birth of a Dream Weaver (New Press) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s powerful new memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver, chronicles the period in early 1960s East Africa when he found his voice as a writer and an activist.  Against the vivid backdrop of late-colonial Africa, Ngũgĩ details—with an immediacy both shocking and beautiful—the experience of coming of age in a homeland wounded by white settlerdom.  A herdsboy and a child laborer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s spent his childhood in Kenya until the end of high school. Then, encouraged by his mother, he traveled to Uganda for university. Crossing into Uganda by train, Ngũgĩ is struck by the difference between British-dominated Kenya and the relative independence of Uganda, brought home with him the “incredible sight of black people who did not walk as if they were strangers in their city.” At the Universtiy of Makerere, Ngũgĩ comes to political consciousness as colonial Kenya crumbles and the aftermath of the Mau Mau rebellion, one of the most violent episodes in global history, is felt.  The perfect entry-point for anyone new to Ngũgĩ’s work, Birth of a Dream Weaver is a rare glimpse into the seminal years of one of the world’s great writers. Praise for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s work: "In his crowded career and his eventful life, Ngũgĩ has enacted, for all to see, the paradigmatic trials and quandaries of a contemporary African writer, caught in sometimes implacable political, social, racial, and linguistic currents."--John Updike, "The New Yorker"  "Ngũgĩ has dedicated his life to describing, satirising and destabilising the corridors of power. Still living in exile and writing primarily in Gikuyu, Ngũgĩ continues to spin captivating tales."--The Guardian  "Ngũgĩ has flown over the entire African continent and sniffed out all of the foul stenches rising high into the air: complacency toward despotism, repression of women and ethnic minorities, widespread corruption andundergirding all of thesea neocolonial system in which today's lending banks and multinationals have supplanted yesterday's European overlords."--The New York Times Book Review One of the leading African writers and scholars at work today, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; Petals of Blood; and Birth of a Dream Weaver (The New Press). He is currently distinguished professor in the School of Humanities and the director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine. He has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who famously made the decision in the 1970s to henceforth only produce his creative work in his native Gikuyu, rather than in English, authors the foreword to Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2013), which he calls a “historic intervention in the debates about African philosophy.” The collection offers a balanced representation, along an east-west axis, of the continent, with essays in Luo, Gikuyu, Amharic, Igbo, Akan (also known as Twi), and Wolof. The dual-language format allows readers to see the text (including Ethiopic script) as written by the authors, with the English translation on the facing page. In this engaging interview, Chike Jeffers, editor of Listening to Ourselves, describes the genesis of the anthology and the project’s import for the expression and dissemination of African thought, going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who famously made the decision in the 1970s to henceforth only produce his creative work in his native Gikuyu, rather than in English, authors the foreword to Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2013), which he calls a “historic intervention in the debates about African philosophy.” The collection offers a balanced representation, along an east-west axis, of the continent, with essays in Luo, Gikuyu, Amharic, Igbo, Akan (also known as Twi), and Wolof. The dual-language format allows readers to see the text (including Ethiopic script) as written by the authors, with the English translation on the facing page. In this engaging interview, Chike Jeffers, editor of Listening to Ourselves, describes the genesis of the anthology and the project’s import for the expression and dissemination of African thought, going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who famously made the decision in the 1970s to henceforth only produce his creative work in his native Gikuyu, rather than in English, authors the foreword to Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2013), which he calls a “historic intervention in the debates about African philosophy.” The collection offers a balanced representation, along an east-west axis, of the continent, with essays in Luo, Gikuyu, Amharic, Igbo, Akan (also known as Twi), and Wolof. The dual-language format allows readers to see the text (including Ethiopic script) as written by the authors, with the English translation on the facing page. In this engaging interview, Chike Jeffers, editor of Listening to Ourselves, describes the genesis of the anthology and the project’s import for the expression and dissemination of African thought, going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who famously made the decision in the 1970s to henceforth only produce his creative work in his native Gikuyu, rather than in English, authors the foreword to Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2013), which he calls a “historic intervention in the debates about African philosophy.” The collection offers a balanced representation, along an east-west axis, of the continent, with essays in Luo, Gikuyu, Amharic, Igbo, Akan (also known as Twi), and Wolof. The dual-language format allows readers to see the text (including Ethiopic script) as written by the authors, with the English translation on the facing page. In this engaging interview, Chike Jeffers, editor of Listening to Ourselves, describes the genesis of the anthology and the project’s import for the expression and dissemination of African thought, going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PLEASE SUPPORT US-- WWW.CAFEPRESS.COM/KAMAU301 April 5-7th 2013 (gregorian calendar), I was finally given the opportunity to present at the MAGNIFICENT SANKOFA CONFERENCE. This conference, which has been around for 23 years is theeeeeeeee most unapologetic & most uncompromisingly Afrikan centered in the u.s. and I have been in attendance for at least 10-11 of them. I was placed on the NATIONBUILDING workshop track C with 2 other brilliant 'new jack' scholars: Dr. Kwasi Konadu (author of numerous books, most recently THE AKAN DIASPORA IN THE NEW WORLD) his website is dafricapress.com and Dr. Kimathi Carr (who we interviewed here some months ago, so please check our archives) who is also the head of the Africana Studies department at Howard University. The title of our workshop was TO BE AFRIKAN Some of the questions we were asked to address were: Can a norm be established for the cultural identity of afrika; one that identifies and describes the fundamental features of Afrikanity including its moral/ethical principles, its ontological/spiritual conceptions, its organizing and governing principles, its language structure...? Sub themes: What internal (psycho-social, philosophical, political, moral....) factors were instrumental in the decline of the kmt  civilization? What external features (geography,  climate,  alien incursion, wars...) contributed to the decline of kemetic civilization? What philosophical, moral,  and governing features of kmt (Gikuyu, Ndi igbo, Shona, Kongo, Tallensi...) are apparent or replicated in traditional practice? and 1 more