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Stages of a Gikuyu Woman’s Life

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Kaana – a girl baby. A baby boy is a gakenge. Karĩgũ – a young girl not yet circumcised.  (Kĩrĩgũ – big girl.) Mũiritu – A maiden after circumcision and before marriage. Mũhiki – A bride for the first year after marriage. If she goes beyond this one year without getting pregnant she begins to […]

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