XhosaNostra:


Lol, do you really have names like "Imbarambara"? That one cracked me up

Very interesting cultures. Thanks for sharing.

Imbalambala. Is that a Khayo name tylann? I've never heard it among the Maragoli.

tylann:

Maragoli women are like Kikuyu women
People say so is it true

Yeah, except Maragoli women are good cooks lol. Maragoli women love money like Kikuyu women and love dominating men which is so unlike Luhya. You know Luhyas and Kisiis are probably the biggest chauvinists in Kenya.

tylann:


Wanjala is a name of other luhya subtribe called bukusu

In my sub tribe we don't name people because of weather or climatic events
Mostly we are named after geographical features
Like rivers , hills , even plants and animals

Understood. Is the wife inheritance tradition still practised? That one is very strange, I must say.

It's almost like we all have things in common as Africans.
So far I've concluded that Kikuyu people are similar to my tribe, while NairobiWalker's tribe has similarities with the Venda people or as they're called VhaVenda. Interesting stuff

NairobiWalker:


Imbalambala. Is that a Khayo name tylann? I've never heard it among the Maragoli.

No that is not khayo name

Is it even a name in the first place

NairobiWalker:


Imbalambala. Is that a Khayo name tylann? I've never heard it among the Maragoli.

Lol, they say it's a name given to a child born during a road construction

XhosaNostra:


Understood. Is the wife inheritance tradition still practised? That one is very strange, I must say.

It's almost like we all have things in common as Africans.
So far I've concluded that Kikuyu people are similar to my tribe, while NairobiWalker's tribe has similarities with the Venda people or as they're called VhaVenda. Interesting stuff

Luhyas don't practice wife inheritance

tylann:

Luhyas don't practice wife inheritance

Well, that's what it says on Wikipedia.

NairobiWalker:


Yeah, except Maragoli women are good cooks lol. Maragoli women love money like Kikuyu women and love dominating men which is so unlike Luhya. You know Luhyas and Kisiis are probably the biggest chauvinists in Kenya.

Are you a chauvinist yourself

XhosaNostra:


Lol, they say it's a name given to a child born during a road construction

Yeah, the Luhya word for road is Imbalabara.

XhosaNostra:


Well, that's what it says on Wikipedia.

That is not correct
I have never heard of any luhya subtribe practicing wife inheritance
That will be luos another Kenyan tribe
I don't if it is practiced to date

XhosaNostra:


Well, that's what it says on Wikipedia.

No we don't. It's the Luos who do and the tradition is almost dead. It was the main reason HIV affected Luos more than any community in Kenya. They were the second largest group in Kenya after Kikuyu before HIV. Now they're barely in the top five.

NairobiWalker:


Yeah, the Luhya word for road is Imbalabara.

That is different from khayo word for road

Anyway luhya has so many subtribes
With different dialects

NairobiWalker:


No we don't. It's the Luos who do and the tradition is almost dead. It was the main reason HIV affected Luos more than any community in Kenya. They were the second largest group in Kenya after Kikuyu before HIV. Now they're barely in the top five.

Whoever updated that information got it wrong

tylann:

Are you a chauvinist yourself

Depends on your definition of chauvinism. If it's disrespecting women and treating them as second class citizens, then I'm not. If it's being the traditional man who takes control and is a decision facto leader, then I am.

tylann:

That is different from khayo word for road

Anyway luhya has so many subtribes
With different dialects

I don't even understand some Luhya subtribes language. Sometimes I wonder why we are even grouped as one community.

NairobiWalker:


Depends on your definition of chauvinism. If it's disrespecting women and treating them as second class citizens, then I'm not. If it's being the traditional man who takes control and is a decision facto leader, then I am.

Yes you will be a great family man i hope soo
People say iam weak

tylann:

That is not correct
I have never heard of any luhya subtribe practicing wife inheritance
That will be luos another Kenyan tribe
I don't if it is practiced to date

Well, that's what it says. Glad you cleared that up.

XhosaNostra:


Understood. Is the wife inheritance tradition still practised? That one is very strange, I must say.

It's almost like we all have things in common as Africans.
So far I've concluded that Kikuyu people are similar to my tribe, while NairobiWalker's tribe has similarities with the Venda people or as they're called VhaVenda. Interesting stuff

VhaVenda already sounds Maragoli. In Maragoli, we would call Xhosa people, VhaXhosa and Xhosa language, LuXhosa. Xhosaland would be called IvuXhosa.

tylann:

Yes you will be a great family man i hope soo
People say iam weak

Why

NairobiWalker:


I don't even understand some Luhya subtribes language. Sometimes I wonder why we are even grouped as one community.

Yes that is the case
The one who did this classification didn't consider alot of thing
For me if you are not a khayo i will not understand what you are saying

NairobiWalker:


No we don't. It's the Luos who do and the tradition is almost dead.It was the main reason HIV affected Luos more than any community in Kenya. They were the second largest group in Kenya after Kikuyu before HIV. Now they're barely in the top five.

@bolded, now we know who the Zulus of Kenya are

Understood.

tylann:

That is different from khayo word for road

Anyway luhya has so many subtribes
With different dialects

How do you call a road in Khayo? Injira? Or is it Inzira which is another word for road in Maragoli?

NairobiWalker:


Why

I don't why
People say iam laid back
I lack authority

NairobiWalker:


VhaVenda already sounds Maragoli. In Maragoli, we would call Xhosa people, VhaXhosa and Xhosa language, LuXhosa. Xhosaland would be called IvuXhosa.

Interesting.

Hope you guys are more good-looking than the Vendas though They're not that attractive but they're smart & known for having big peens

XhosaNostra:


Interesting.

Hope you guys are more good-looking than the Vendas though They're not that attractive but they're smart & known for having big peens

Why would you compare us to the least gorgeous people in your country.

XhosaNostra:


@bolded, now we know who the Zulus of Kenya are

Understood.

But Zulus are still the most populous in SA.

tylann:

I don't why
People say iam laid back
I lack authority

You can be laid back and strong at the same time.

Jonraid:
Arts are important too! They both have a role to play in our lives !

Ghana former President study history alongside communication study. . And this had contribute to his charismatic and his international relation when he was in office. He proposed to abolished visa to every member of African state The brain behind is to develop african integration . One of the best idea i think.

NairobiWalker:


You can be laid back and strong at the same time.

In simple terms people say i lack the male character

NairobiWalker:


Why would you compare us to the least gorgeous people in your country.

Go look in the mirror you will get ur answer

Kazikazi:
Go look in the mirror you will get ur answer

borrow Obaboon's burnt baboon ass and sit down Mr. Kumamoto. We'll call you when we want to discuss Nyamwezis, Sukumas and Hehes. Here we are discussing Xhosas, Zulus, Kikuyus and Luhyas.