Daily writing prompt
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
I am a daughter of the Lake.
History says that my tribe, the Luo, who speak Dholuo, are River-Lake Nilotes and as such we are drawn to, revere, and reside along Nam Lolwe or Lake Victoria as the world knows it.
I love the flow and depth of Dholuo as a language, because there are many names of the same thing-for example a cat is not just a cat, it is: mbura, paka, ong’er mesa, pusi…
I love the way we revere nature and seasons, and for every birth our children are named in honor of the time and season they come into the world.
Don’t get me started on the food-especially the vegetables and how we make them…
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