By David Maillu Published September 22, 2023 Married men appear to die earlier than their wives. In countryside widows are everywhere while widowers are rare. The social life of widows is easily addressed by the children. In whatever happens, children appear to remain...
By David Maillu Published September 16, 2023 Divorce is one of the bitterest things in human social life. The rate of divorce differs from one community to another. In traditional Africa divorce was rare because of the advanced social fabric in which communities...
By David Maillu Published September 12, 2023 I recently published a question on Facebook asking, “What criteria would you consider best qualities of a wife?” One of the first persons to answer was a man who said, “To me, the first qualification is that she be a...
By David Maillu Published September 11, 2023 Former Chief Justice of Kenya, Willy Mutunga, described Kenya as a bandit economy. Why? Because a lot of what happens up in the sleeves of leadership and engineering economy, is dominated by banditry exercises. The story of...
By David Maillu Published September 4, 2023 In Kikamba language there is a word, “wiu.” You hear in Akamba tradition that no burial in the family should take place during the “wiu” condition. Although the word means “blackness,” it refers to menstruation. That is, if...
By David Maillu Published September 1, 2023 There are people born with special and deadly bodily attributes which qualify them to be given certain names. Stories abound that there are people who are, by fate design, misfortune causers. In scientific language, they are...
By David Maillu Published August 28, 2023 In Africa a diviner is someone with ability to see into the future and into many hidden things. That person is generally referred to as a prophet. Divinity is an inborn gift and diviners are often consulted by individuals and...
By David Maillu Published June 18, 2023 Recognition of the power of ancestral spirits is a household subject in African homesteads. This is why white people accuse Africans of worshipping ancestral spirits. They link ancestral spirits to witchcraft. Africans believe...
By David Maillu Published May 29, 2023 Raila and Ruto on the political wresting ring flagged by bastardized political tunes it’s Railamania no, it’s Ruto megalomania Raila and Martha Karua on the floor dancing to tribal tunes mugithi and nyatiti, flagged by Kalonzo’s...