tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post9130021489967815308..comments2023-11-05T13:35:39.428+03:00Comments on JAMII YA KENYA: Men in the Kitchen…………….Jamiihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12285474713138710666noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post-26255466107715295002007-09-27T16:27:00.000+03:002007-09-27T16:27:00.000+03:00They say "ni arahikire" (she got married). For the...They say "ni arahikire" (she got married). For the men, they say "ni arahikanirie) (he married) but sometimes it will be "ng'ania ni araguranire" {so and so bought (a wife)} obviously in reference to the dowry.Proud Kikuyu Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722115487090667454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post-38238606342968859972007-09-27T13:02:00.000+03:002007-09-27T13:02:00.000+03:00Although we are told it is romantic for the husban...Although we are told it is romantic for the husband to cook dinner at times, its a total disaster to make it a perpetual habit. The so called liberated women of today not only earn more income than men, they are presumably more educated and enlightened. That obviously makes them want to dominate their husbands and conveniently forget that it is their parents who received the bride price and not Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02006931396497105956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post-77379291836230736082007-09-27T10:24:00.000+03:002007-09-27T10:24:00.000+03:00Welcome to my blog PKW. May be you should let us k...Welcome to my blog PKW. May be you should let us know what the Kikuyu say when a woman get married.Jamiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285474713138710666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post-41875592904806756452007-09-26T22:03:00.000+03:002007-09-26T22:03:00.000+03:00Its not an 'African' way of life, its as global as...Its not an 'African' way of life, its as global as it can get.I however think its safe to generalize here and extrapolate a typical Luo kitchen affair to the rest of the country or continent, otherwise Waswahili wouldn't equate getting a wife to kupata jiko. My individual observation is that women do more work around the house irrespective of where they are from, even in the most developed Proud Kikuyu Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722115487090667454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1749398512645637972.post-51371448834457928802007-09-26T20:45:00.000+03:002007-09-26T20:45:00.000+03:00This is not african way of life.If my wife need a ...This is not african way of life.If my wife need a help I will get a house help but I find it strange cooking and the wife is sitted.<BR/><BR/>Please ladies I respect you but this I made clear to my wife and seeing my image in the kitchen cooking will be questioned by her.<BR/><BR/>Hoever if you agreed to your wife to be included in the cooking rosta please go ahead and do that.What we need is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com