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Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ by GATUA WA MBŨGWA
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fave it African | Traditional
13 tracks | 73 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on Gatua wa Mbũgwa
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:21 Ngiuma Mũciĩ Ndiamenyaga BUY MP3 07:21 Ngiuma Mũciĩ Ndiamenyaga "GIFT MP3" 07:21 Ngiuma Mũciĩ Ndiamenyaga
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:15 Kira Mwana BUY MP3 07:15 Kira Mwana "GIFT MP3" 07:15 Kira Mwana
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:53 Arĩa Mairire Ngoro BUY MP3 06:53 Arĩa Mairire Ngoro "GIFT MP3" 06:53 Arĩa Mairire Ngoro
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 Njũgia Wega BUY MP3 03:26 Njũgia Wega "GIFT MP3" 03:26 Njũgia Wega
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:29 Kamau wa Njoroge BUY MP3 04:29 Kamau wa Njoroge "GIFT MP3" 04:29 Kamau wa Njoroge
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 Nĩ Kĩĩ Kĩu Kĩrĩ Thũnũ BUY MP3 04:11 Nĩ Kĩĩ Kĩu Kĩrĩ Thũnũ "GIFT MP3" 04:11 Nĩ Kĩĩ Kĩu Kĩrĩ Thũnũ
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 03:41 Mũturi Ũgũtura BUY MP3 03:41 Mũturi Ũgũtura "GIFT MP3" 03:41 Mũturi Ũgũtura
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:24 Gĩthuri Kĩguarũ BUY MP3 05:24 Gĩthuri Kĩguarũ "GIFT MP3" 05:24 Gĩthuri Kĩguarũ
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:40 Kĩihũ Kĩarĩ Kĩũgĩ BUY MP3 05:40 Kĩihũ Kĩarĩ Kĩũgĩ "GIFT MP3" 05:40 Kĩihũ Kĩarĩ Kĩũgĩ
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:22 Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ BUY MP3 07:22 Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ "GIFT MP3" 07:22 Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:17 Ekwenda Ng’eni BUY MP3 07:17 Ekwenda Ng’eni "GIFT MP3" 07:17 Ekwenda Ng’eni
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:18 Twathiaga Tũkenete BUY MP3 05:18 Twathiaga Tũkenete "GIFT MP3" 05:18 Twathiaga Tũkenete
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:59 Kwarĩ Irimũ rĩa Tũhiũhio BUY MP3 04:59 Kwarĩ Irimũ rĩa Tũhiũhio "GIFT MP3" 04:59 Kwarĩ Irimũ rĩa Tũhiũhio
Rebetũ wa Ngoro: A new "heartbeat" style with Kenya’s Gĩkũyũ traditional character accompanied by Malian inspired guitar by renowned John Brown’s Body Band players
Bio / Background
Product Description: (Gĩgĩkũyũ)
TN ĩno nĩ ya marebeta 13. Irebeta rĩa mbere (Ngiuma Mũciĩ Ndiamenyaga) rĩganĩte rũgano rwa Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ na njĩra nguhĩ. Na rĩo irebeta rĩa mũico (Kwarĩ Irimũ rĩa Tũhiũhio) rĩheanĩte cia mataaro ma Maitũ kũrĩ mũingĩ na njĩra nguhĩ na rĩgatiriha rũgano rwa Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ. Marebeta macio mangĩ mothe maganĩte ng’ano mwanya ciĩrũgamĩtie, no cioetwo ciothe hamwe, nĩ icunjĩ cia rũgano rwa mbere.
Marebeta maya nĩ ma gĩthomo na ndũrũhĩ. Nĩ ma gwĩkĩrana ngoro, kũhanda meciria, gũcanjamũra, na gũthomithania.
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Thani Nyũmĩrĩru (TN) nĩ rĩo rĩtwa rĩa Gĩgĩkũyũ tuonete rĩagĩrĩru rĩa CD (Compact Disk).
Product Description: (English)
This CD has 13 poems. The first poem (Ngiuma Mũciĩ Ndiamenyaga) is a summary of the story “Maitũ nĩ Ma Itũ Kerĩ”. The last poem (Kwarĩ Irimũ rĩa Tũhiũhio) sums up Maitũ’s advice to the villagers and concludes the main story. All the other poems tell stand-alone stories, but taken together, they form parts of the main story.
These are edutainment poems. They are inspiring, challenging, educational, and entertaining.
From the Artist
I grew up at a time when children of my community usually sat around the fireplace in the evenings to listen to their grandmother's tales of ogres and the animal kingdom. Some of the tales told to me then are still vivid in my mind. My realization that those tales were no longer told to our children inspired the production of my poetry CDs. I wanted to somehow create an avenue that would allow me to visit and share tales of old and contemporary ogres with willing families wherever they were.
Theoretically, I could now visit any homestead anywhere in the world by way of this poetry CD and share my tales with that homestead. Present day technology allows traditional knowledge to be universally shared. This is a positive development that we should embrace.
These poems echo Kenya's Gĩkũyũ literary tradition and orature.
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