Sometime ago, we did a post here that drew a lot of criticism (which we love, btw – that’s how we know you are reading. The story was about Meru age sets. Most of the comments were that we …
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Age Set: The Life Stages of Meru Males
What’s your age set?
After our Gichiaro story, we received requests for a post on the Meru age groups (nthuki). We will tackle that very soon, but first, let’s look at the more straightforward, and important component of …
Betsy Kinya: Next Meru County Women’s Rep?
This week, Betsy Kinya became one of the youngest candidates to be cleared to run for the Women Representative seat in Kenya. At 25, Betsy is ODM’s nominee for Meru County Women’s Rep. Pretty remarkable, and I spoke to …
The Meru Story: How Gichiaro was Formed
Keeping up with the Meru story, our lesson last time was how the Meru worshiped and prayed to God, Kini Kiiru; and the good and bad spirits they acknowledged.
But, how about the relations between the people themselves? You must …
Lyra Aoko: Exploring Meru
We keep bragging that Meru is one of the most beautiful places in Kenya. We may be biased because, well, it is home… but we have reasons to believe that we are actually correct. Everyone who comes to Meru falls …
BAKEAwards: You’ll make AMERU the Best County Blog in Kenya, won’t you?
When we started this blog less than a year ago, we had a goal in mind, to promote the Meru culture, arts, business, and people. We wanted to ensure that the current generation of the Ameru was in touch with …
Meru Prayers: How Traditional Merus Worshipped
Last time, we spoke about God in the traditional Meru concept. Today, let’s look at prayers. how did the Meru people pray?
Private prayers
In whatever the Mumeru did, he would invoke God. That’s why, even today, when you observe …
A Chat with Ameru Crew, Pioneers of Meru Music
Some time ago, when we had lost all hope of a mainstream Meru music act, the Ameru Crew broke through. I remember beaming with pride back then (I think it was 2012) when I saw a Safaricom Live poster with
Meru TV Stations: A Review of Baite TV, Meru TV and Weru TV
Meru is on the up in so so many ways. Our tourism is soaring, more and more talent is being discovered and used and the Meru political scene is getting charged (as if it’s a good thing). All this …
Kini Kiiru, God of the Ameru.
A long time ago, before Christianity and other religions took root in Meru following civilization, the Merus believed in God and the Supernatural. They believed in only one God, still do, to whom they offer prayers and sacrifices both
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