The Kalenjin riddles
A typical Kalenjin kitchen setup. Riddles are statements, questions, or phrases that have double or veiled meanings put forth as...
Culture and Arts
Origin of Clans among the Kipsigis people
A typical Kalenjin hut. Photo/Courtesy The clan system is an area of considerable interest to the Kalenjin community. Clans are...
Regularly confused Kalenjin words
Kalenjin is a Southern Nilotic Language that has a harmony system normally associated with the vowel system. Just like any...
The selected Kalenjin praise names (Salanik)
Kalenjin girls at a traditional ceremony. Photo/Courtesy Praise names were common among the Kalenjin people. Locally referred to as salanik,...
Whatever you do, don’t kill Kalenjin dream
From left Chairman Kipsigis clans Joseph Kimeto, Deputy secretary Samson Malel and Edwin Kimeto Secretary Kipsigis council of Elders flanked...
Selected Kalenjin wise sayings and proverbs
Artistic impression of storytelling during Christmas season Wise sayings and proverbs are a type of witty or rather puzzling literature....
Setyoot- Mimulopsis Solmsii: a blessing or a curse?
Flowering setyoot plant Many questions have been asked on whether circumcision among the Kalenjin boys should continue or not when...
Rite of passage for the Kalenjin people
Kipsigis boys undergoing initiation process. Photo: Kalenjin Digital Initiation rites in Kalenjin nation is considered the most significant rite of...
