Kikuyu women at a dance [Photo: Maarufu Mohamed] She tells this writer how she separated from her husband over alcoholism and laziness. She says, “Kikuyu women don’t entertain nonsense from men.

Did you know the mwomboko traditional dance style among the Kikuyu was borrowed from the British fox trot dance? Mwomboko prominently features the accordion (kinanda kia mugeto) and karing’aring ...