Omogusii OmokimbiziFootnote¹

1 This is the title of a Gusii secular popular song performed by an artist, Henry Sagero Maiko and his Bonyakoni Kirwanda Band. The phrase literally means ‘The Gusii People as Refugees’.

: A GusiiFootnote²

2 The Gusii is an ethnic group found mainly in the western Kenya region (formerly Nyanza Province). They are also called Kisii or Abagusii and their indigenous language is called Ekegusii or Gusii Language. They primarily occupy the current Nyamira and Kisii counties of Kenya

Popular Artist’s Meditation on the Post-election Violence in Kenya

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