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These nine deities/daughters founded the nine Kikuyu tribes. Gikuyu and Mumbi had a tenth daughter named Wamũyũ aka Warigia, who as a result of having a child out of wedlock, so the story goes, and went on to found or establish the Akamaba nation. Not much is said about her and how she founded the Akamba nation.
Wanjikũ is a feminine Kikuyu name. Historically, Wanjikũ was one of the nine daughters of the man and wife who founded the Agĩkũyũ people, Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi. [citation needed] Consequently, the descendants of her lineage form the Agacikũ Clan of the Agĩkũyũ tribe in Kenya.
The Kikuyu (also Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to East Africa Central Kenya. At a population of 8,148,668 as of 2019, they account for 17.13% of the total population of Kenya , making them Kenya's largest ethnic group.
Charity Waciuma (born 1936) is a Kenyan writer, who wrote several novels for adolescents and an autobiographical novel, Daughter of Mumbi (1969). Her work draws on Kikuyu legends and storytelling traditions. [1] In the 1960s Waciuma and Grace Ogot became the first Kenyan women writers to be published in English. [2]
In Kenya, the Kikuyu people claim descent from nine sisters [17] who, like many other such groupings, are associated with a mountain – Mount Kenya, the native name is 'kirínyaga' - and a single powerful male figure. It is believed that Mumbi and Gikuyu had 9 daughters namely, Wanjirũ, Wambũi, wanjeri also known as wacera, Wanjikũ ...
According to Kikuyu creation myth, Ngai created humanity, the first man called Gikuyu, and the first woman called Mumbi. Ngai created a mountain "As his resting place when on inspection tour and as a sign of his wonders." [6] Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi bore nine daughters who became the origins of 9 clans of Kikuyu people. "The names of the main ...
Former President Barack Obama's family was the subject of a recent article stating a man had filed a lawsuit claiming he was the biological father of Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Wambui was the great-granddaughter of Waiyaki wa Hinga, a Kikuyu leader who was arrested in 1892 by officials of the Imperial British East Africa Company and who died in suspicious circumstances soon after the arrest. Wambui claimed in her autobiography that he was murdered by being buried alive for opposing the violent seizure of Kikuyu land.