Simeon Nyachae’s father, Paramount Chief Musa Nyandusi was the first Kisii man to own a mirror in the 1940s. A gift he got from a mzungu for collaborating with them.
Any kisii man who had never seen himself in a mirror would pay a cow to go see themselves in the mirror.
That’s how Nyachae’s father made his fabulous wealth. You bring a cow, you see yourself in the mirror. Some gave land. They came in droves, cow in tow, giggled and came again to see properly another day. Another cow.
There is a place in Kisii called Ekerore (mirror). Maybe this is the place the Abagusii lined up with their cows to see themselves in Chief Nyandusi’s mirror.
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The mirror was also used to con people. He would cheat them that mzungu would kill anyone who looked at the mirror and saw themselves there. Upon staring at the mirror, people fled leaving their land for him.
The stories of colonial chiefs and traditional African leaders and their dumb subjects present very amusing reading.
Have you not heard that in the Wanga Kingdom among the Luhyia, a man was employed in the King’s court called “Omunyambi.” His role was to always stand next to the chief, his nose and ears ready, so when the King farts, he was to quickly proclaim it is him who did it to shield the King from embarrassment!
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Africa was and still remains interesting with leaders stealing the future of their youth by bribing them with wheelbarrows during this digital era so as to keep and protect them as they continue to rob them of their birthright!
Amazing Africa.
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