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Múgithi Music: Cultural Discourse in Kenya by kiopogmailcom is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses Múgiithi music, a popular genre in urban Kenya that uses the Gĩkũyũ language. Múgiithi performances recreate aspects of traditional Agĩkũyũ cultural institutions through call-and-response singing and poetic forms like Gĩcandĩ. The genre originated in the 1990s amid political repression but has grown popular across communities in Kenya. Múgiithi incorporates religious music and commentates on social and political issues through creative language use. It helps build a sense of shared K
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