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The Story of the Origin of the Kikuyu Community

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  The Story of the Origin of the Agîkûyû People. The Story is told that God (Ngai) created Gîkûyû and Mûmbi, the founders of the Gîkûyû Nation. Together Gîkûyû and Mûmbi had nine beautiful daughters plus one. The Gîkûyû Nation is named after Gîkûyû the patriarch but it is by courtesy that the nation refers to itself as Nyûmba ya Mûmbi. (The House of Mûmbi) According to one of the myths, God took Gîkûyû on top of Mount Kenya (Kîrî-Nyaga), the mountain with a white spot where God lived while on earth. While up there God showed him the land He had given him. In the West from Mount Kenya is the Aberdares (Mûtambûrûko wa Nyandarûa) all the way to Ngong Hills (Kîrî Mbîrûirû) . In the South upto Kilimambogo (Kîa Njahî) and in the North all the way to Garba Tula (Karî Matûra) . He further promised him that he would bequeath him all what Gîkûyû laid his eyes on. He then pointed to him a spot full of fig trees (Mîgumo) and commanded him to descend and establish his homestead there. That se...
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1000 Kikuyu Proverbs - Thimo Ngiri îmwe cia Gîkûyû - Language

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§   Thimo cia Gîkûyû nî nyingî mûno ona nî makîria ma Ngiri îmwe.  §    Na ningî imwe nî njerû okûringana na ûrîa rûthiomi rûthîite rûgîcemanagia na maûndû merû.  §    Ona nî wega kûmenya atî mûtamûkîre wa thimo imwe wîna ûtiganu nîûndû wa ûtiganu wa ng’ongo ta Kabete, Rware, Ndia, Embu, Cuka, Meru o hamwe na maûndû mangî maingî, no uuge wa thimo icio nî ûmwe. ( Kikuyu Proverbs are not limited to 1000. Some of these Proverbs are new as the language continues to expose itself to new things. Some pronunciations may differ according to different ridges like Kabete, Rware, Ndia, Embu, Cuka, Meru and other factors but the meaning remains the same )     §     Mwandîki ûyû nî aroria na gîtîo mûno atî wona thimo wîna ûûma atî ûrîa yand îkîtwo haha tigwo yugagwo ûtûteithîrîria na kwandîka ûrîa yagîrîirwo hau ha macokio na nî îkwandîkwo ûrîa yagîrîire. ( The Author/Editor of this text humbly requests that if you notice a Proverb that is no...
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