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Time to appreciate modern art forms

By Henry Munene

A  few days ago, I reread Ciarunji Chesaina’s Oral Literature of the Embu and Mbeere. It is one of those books I resort to whenever I want to understand not only the myths of origin of my ancestors, but also to compare the oral artforms of our forebearers with those of our children.

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