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Among the Kikuyu people, kuhikania, the process of getting married, and uhiki, the wedding ceremony, take place in the same manner for female same-sex marriages as with different-sex marriages. There is no separate term to differentiate a female same-sex marriage from a different-sex marriage.
When this process is over, they join different kiamas (groups). It is in these groups that they are given advice on issues like marriage, the Kikuyu culture and community responsibilities. Members of the church were given the ultimatum to renounce the cultural practice or to leave the church's fold. [51]
Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want) is a controversial play that covers post-colonial themes of class struggle, poverty, gender, culture, religion, modernity vs. tradition, and marriage and family.
Wangũ wa Makeri (c. 1856–1915 or 1936 [1] [2]) was a Kikuyu tribal chief, known as a headman, during the British Colonial period in Kenya.She was the only female Kikuyu headman during the period, who later resigned following a scandal in which she engaged in a Kibata dance,this was the ultimate transgression since kibata was never to be danced by women.
The church insisted that a traditional Kikuyu wedding would be inadequate, and that he must undergo a Christian marriage; [38] this took place on 8 November 1922. [39] Kenyatta had initially refused to cease drinking, [38] but in July 1923 officially renounced alcohol and was allowed to return to Holy Communion. [40]
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
Facing Mount Kenya, first published in 1938, is an anthropological study of the Kikuyu people of Central Kenya. It was written by native Kikuyu and future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta. Kenyatta writes in this text, "The cultural and historical traditions of the Gikuyu people have been verbally handed down from generation to generation.
Nici Nelson is an Africanist, social anthropologist and a Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London. [1] She obtained a PhD on Kikuyu women in Nairobi, Kenya, from the University of London in 1978 and has published on various fields such as urban anthropology, gender and sexuality, and marriage and households in East Africa.