Comments on: The day I became a man http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-day-i-became-a-man If he doesn't make you laugh, he'll make you think Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jared Nyaberi http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-625 Jared Nyaberi Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:19 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-625 Edwin, I kindly accept your compliments and I appreciate that. The biggest heroes are our grandfathers and our grandmothers. They have fought hard to preserve our beautiful language and culture. Our job is to keep the preservation going with the tools we have been blessed with. The internet being one of them. This is not a job for one person. Ekegusii language and culture is huge. We need lots of eyes and ideas. Edwin, you are welcome to submit ideas/articles. With your awesome style, I cant wait to see you speak your mind in Ekegusii. Our readers will be thrilled. Keep up the great work. cheers. Jared Nyaberi Edwin,
I kindly accept your compliments and I appreciate that. The biggest heroes are our grandfathers and our grandmothers. They have fought hard to preserve our beautiful language and culture. Our job is to keep the preservation going with the tools we have been blessed with. The internet being one of them. This is not a job for one person. Ekegusii language and culture is huge. We need lots of eyes and ideas. Edwin, you are welcome to submit ideas/articles. With your awesome style, I cant wait to see you speak your mind in Ekegusii. Our readers will be thrilled. Keep up the great work. cheers.
Jared Nyaberi

]]> By: Edwin http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Edwin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:19 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-609 Nyaberi, You are my hero. What you and the folks at Gusii.com are doing is amazing and important in the preservation of Ekegusii. You are bringing my dream of an Ekegusii-language newspaper closer to fruition. I'm seriously thinking about contributing. Believe it or not, I'm more fluent and articulate in Ekegusii than in any other language. My dream is to have my stories translated into Ekegusii to keep abagaka na abang'ina ba Kumbaro informed and entertained. Noinyorete Osoro na Bitutu? Ekeronche rende? Nyagemi n' Abaribanto? We need to bring those stories back, my friend. Omonguru oyio! Nyaberi, You are my hero. What you and the folks at Gusii.com are doing is amazing and important in the preservation of Ekegusii. You are bringing my dream of an Ekegusii-language newspaper closer to fruition.

I’m seriously thinking about contributing. Believe it or not, I’m more fluent and articulate in Ekegusii than in any other language. My dream is to have my stories translated into Ekegusii to keep abagaka na abang’ina ba Kumbaro informed and entertained. Noinyorete Osoro na Bitutu? Ekeronche rende? Nyagemi n’ Abaribanto? We need to bring those stories back, my friend.

Omonguru oyio!

]]> By: Jared Nyaberi http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Jared Nyaberi Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:23:29 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-607 Edwin, Exellent work on growing up in Gusii as a boy. I went through the circumcision ritual in 1974(Now, Edwin you can see that I am 10 years older than you!). That was a painful experience but for me, that was the only way I could get the girls to talk to me. If you were not circumsised in Gusii, girls avoided you and I did not want that to happen to me. As far as the custom not to hug your mother, I beg Abagusii to forgive me. I dont see how I can stop hugging my mother. My father passed away when I was 19. We were left with my mother. I live in the United States. When I go home, I have to hug my mother. I do that daily when I am at home. She raised 9 kids. She loves us. How can I not hug my mother? Edwin, please keep up the great and insightful work. Jared Nyaberi for Gusii.com Edwin, Exellent work on growing up in Gusii as a boy. I went through the circumcision ritual in 1974(Now, Edwin you can see that I am 10 years older than you!). That was a painful experience but for me, that was the only way I could get the girls to talk to me. If you were not circumsised in Gusii, girls avoided you and I did not want that to happen to me. As far as the custom not to hug your mother, I beg Abagusii to forgive me. I dont see how I can stop hugging my mother. My father passed away when I was 19. We were left with my mother. I live in the United States. When I go home, I have to hug my mother. I do that daily when I am at home. She raised 9 kids. She loves us. How can I not hug my mother? Edwin, please keep up the great and insightful work. Jared Nyaberi for Gusii.com

]]> By: Entebbe 104 http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Entebbe 104 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:21:33 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-593 Omogambi konye tindasoma amariko ao korende nanyarire naiinche tiga nkomentere ebisio ogenderere komanyia ense engima amang'ana ye culture ya mwanyagetinge. Cheers bro keep up the sizzling stylistics. Omogambi konye tindasoma amariko ao korende nanyarire naiinche tiga nkomentere ebisio ogenderere komanyia ense engima amang’ana ye culture ya mwanyagetinge.
Cheers bro keep up the sizzling stylistics.

]]> By: Armstrong Ongera, Jnr. http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Armstrong Ongera, Jnr. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:09:29 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-311 Patriot Okong'o: This book you are publishing will make the Gusii community, and indeed the world, to understand the rites of passage youth undergo to become adults. It will also make people to understand the daily life of village people. Congratulations! Best, Patriot Okong’o: This book you are publishing will make the Gusii community, and indeed the world, to understand the rites of passage youth undergo to become adults. It will also make people to understand the daily life of village people.

Congratulations!

Best,

]]> By: tony mongare http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-310 tony mongare Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:20:11 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-310 Aahhahahahaha! My ribs are in serious pain from laughing. What amused me was the reaction to the persistent enquiries of the girl about your ceaseless milk delivery kibarua...very real! Aahhahahahaha! My ribs are in serious pain from laughing. What amused me was the reaction to the persistent enquiries of the girl about your ceaseless milk delivery kibarua…very real!

]]> By: justus http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-297 justus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:53:13 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-297 Achi,achi, achi, Great work sir. I have more material to share on your memoir, if you want. Its about ading more content to waht you already have. Please expand it to the local leadership(gesarate), explain the age groups in them days and the fun stuff our culture was. Did you know that the Abagusii were extremely good Iron smmelters? that is why they survived amongst vicious neighbours in the small space that they engulfed. Please let me have a copy before you have it published. Insha Allah, Ahsante sana. Great work once again, I will try to follow your footprints. Achi,achi, achi,
Great work sir. I have more material to share on your memoir, if you want. Its about ading more content to waht you already have. Please expand it to the local leadership(gesarate), explain the age groups in them days and the fun stuff our culture was. Did you know that the Abagusii were extremely good Iron smmelters? that is why they survived amongst vicious neighbours in the small space that they engulfed. Please let me have a copy before you have it published.

Insha Allah, Ahsante sana. Great work once again, I will try to follow your footprints.

]]> By: Lameck http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Lameck Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:23:53 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-250 By all acounts, this was one of the most well written pieces I have read in a while. I was intrigued by just how different events, people, locales, among others manage to join together to support what the whole story was about; becoming a man. I strive in my poetry, to achieve such a technique as yours and would highly appreciate any tips on attaining such. By all acounts, this was one of the most well written pieces I have read in a while. I was intrigued by just how different events, people, locales, among others manage to join together to support what the whole story was about; becoming a man.

I strive in my poetry, to achieve such a technique as yours and would highly appreciate any tips on attaining such.

]]> By: Anonymous http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:52:16 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-236 I started looking for you from the mention of your name on the flyer for the African Inaugural Ball. Your works are inspiring and very much African. You deserve the notice of fellow Africans. I do. As one in the creative endeavor and as a journalism professor, I appreciate what you are doing on a personal level as well. Please do check out our blog on the African novel, <a href="http://www.theafricannovel.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow"><strong>The African Novel</strong>.</a> Would you be kind to grant us permission to feature your well-written short story here on our blog site? Please advise me accordingly. Keep up the good work! I started looking for you from the mention of your name on the flyer for the African Inaugural Ball. Your works are inspiring and very much African. You deserve the notice of fellow Africans. I do. As one in the creative endeavor and as a journalism professor, I appreciate what you are doing on a personal level as well.

Please do check out our blog on the African novel, The African Novel. Would you be kind to grant us permission to feature your well-written short story here on our blog site? Please advise me accordingly. Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Oscar http://ourmaninamerica.com/2008/08/30/the-day-i-became-a-man/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Oscar Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:44:13 +0000 http://okongospolicy.com/?p=15#comment-227 Edwin, You are a prolific writer, to say the least. And so is my brother, Odongo. One of the highlights of my days is when he writes to me. I just enjoy reading his mail, just like I have enjoyed reading this peice. You make it so real, so vivid, so interesting. Give us more! Edwin,

You are a prolific writer, to say the least. And so is my brother, Odongo. One of the highlights of my days is when he writes to me. I just enjoy reading his mail, just like I have enjoyed reading this peice. You make it so real, so vivid, so interesting. Give us more!

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