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SECTION A, PART 1: Culture, roots, and colonial history

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SECTION A, PART 1: Culture, roots, and colonial history

The word Luhya comes from a root meaning people of the same hearth, a fire shared by many households under one roof of belonging. Twenty related sub tribes, one shared fire. 

Before colonial administrators grouped them under one name for convenience, the Bukusu, Maragoli, Wanga, Tachoni, Isukha and the rest were distinct, self-governing communities with their own councils of elders. The word Luhya is younger than most people think. 

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