Mwene Nyaga | Kwame Rĩgĩi

Song: Mwene Nyaga
Artist: Kwame Rígíi
Album: Ihooya Ría Búrúri
Prod by: Njoroge Thiong'o & Waithaka
Guitars by: Kimani Ndiritu
Sax by: Alai R
Mixed & Mastered by: Giggz
Vid by: BANI
Location: Machure Coffee Estate
Skiza Code: 9044162
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[CarolineKiambi-ikhu]

Who is here after the gen z maandamano tukipigania rights zetu

[nancymwihaki]

My fellow proud kikuyu's, gather here and give me likes ❤😊

[SololoMutai]

Show some love to a Kalenjin brother who can't get enough of this anthem❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

[johnnjuguna]

gai Mwega we mûtangîri wa ita
Mwamûkîri magongona ma andû airû
Ngai ûrî mbere tûtingîhotwo nî thûû
Mwene Nyaga; Twakûhoya

Tûhoyaga wendani na gîtîo
Na thaa nyingî cia wendo wa rûûrîrî
Uiguano wa Gîkûyû na Mûmbi
Mwene Nyaga; Twakûhoya

Twakûhoya tûkonana twî ithuothe
Kuuma Ngong'u nginya karîma tûra
Hîndî îyo kîeha nîgîgathira
Njamba cia ita, na aciari aitû

Î kamatimù mûrûagîra ûkombo
Njamba cia ita ikîrûîra bûrûri
Twatigîirwo nî Gîkûyû na Mûmbi
Mwene Nyaga, Twakûhoya

Ngai Mwega we mûtangîri wa ita
Mwamûkîri magongona ma andû airû
Ngai ûrî mbere tûtingîhotwo nî thûû
Mwene Nyaga; Twakûhoya

Tûhoyaga wendani na gîtîo
Na thaa nyingî cia wendo wa rûûrîrî
Uiguano wa Gîkûyû na Mûmbi
Mwene Nyaga; Twakûhoya

Î we Ngai, î we Ngai
Ngai wa maithe maitû Nowe Ngai
Nîwe Ngai; Mwene Nyaga Ngai, nowe Ngai

We no we Ngai
We watoranîirie njamba cia ita
Turî a Mûmbi

[Mywonderingeyes]

I’m a Luo, playing this song on my IPhone..feeling cold chills on my spine ❤❤❤It’s 2024!Thank you GOD

[teresiakimani]

This song gives every Kikuyu a pride of their culture

[rayogweno]

I AM A LUO FROM KISUMU DALA, I LOVE THE SONG ATAKAMA SIELEWI. TODAY 13/05/2023. 15:10 LONG LIVE FORMER PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA.

[boazkipkorircheruiyot]

I am a Kalenjin but whenever I listen to this song I just feel some joy and sweet spirit within me. Even though I can't get the words. Love you Kikuyu brothers and sisters ❤

[JacklineWasyamwanzia-ipmd]

Am kamba but Kikuyu men were blessed with voice ❤❤

[cynthiaopany]

Me as a Luo feeling the Ancestors through this.❤

[qoimuiruri]

I cry every time I listen to this song 😢😢. This was a genuine prayer by MAUMAU to Ngai Mwene Nyaga. 'Twakuhoya tukonana twi ithuothe' they prayed for a safe return for all them after the war, 'hindi iyo kieha nigigathira, njamba cia ita na aciari aitu' and on that moment all the sadness and sorrow that the warriors and their parents had will come to an end after they meet again 😢😢😢.

[asnetywanzala]

As luhya who understands and lives among Kikuyus this is the sweetest songs for kikukus to feel pride of

[Wanyoike_Mbuthi]

Thayu Gikuyu.... May we protect our gikuyu cultures us our fore fathers did. Thayu nyuba itu 🙏🙏💯💯

[ngandugathanga]

Hii ni mpya kabisa.. everyday nikiicheza it arouses my spirit..wapi likes

[ikengitau]

Thai thathaiya Ngai. I am only Kenyan by passport, but I am a proud Kikuyu to the last bone. And I will never apologize for that.

[carolinekyalo]

This makes so much sense in 2023 now that the awakening is happening, thayu, kwame thayu, I'm Kamba btw😊

[sherim]

I am here 2024, can't get the song out of my head.❤❤❤

[wangechigachara]

Still listening in 2024, our deepest prayers 🙏 for Kenya 🇰🇪

[alanchacha]

Am not a kikuyu buy the songs touches so much, bearing in Mind that Mau Mau descendants are homeless because their land was never returned back

[ephantuskarari]

This song was a prayer before they went for battle against the colonialist. At that time, they had lost hope for a better future (kíeha) because the white man had taken away their freedom and mostly, their key capital which was also their children's inheritance, that is the land.
The prayer was an appeal to God, the one who takes care (Mutangíri) of their army [ita, bet you heard off ita rí hamwe or intrahamwe from our cousins in Rwanda] the one who receives sacrifices offered by His people ( Mwamukíri magongona ma andú airú) to let love and respect [read obedience to authority while in battle] (wendani na gítío)reign among His people and genuine concern over the welfare of the community (tha nyingi cia rwendo rwa rurírí) and the unity of purpose in the community as desired in times of battle (úiguano wa Gikuyu na Mumbi) and lastly, that they may win the war and thrive again ( tukonana ringi, hindí ío kíeha nígígathira...)
My interpretation isn't literal, as, most kikuyu songs can't fit that bill. They have mich deeper meaning than the leiteral words express.
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The prayer also curses the collaborators because instead of fighting for freedom they are fighting for slavery and no Kikuyu was ever a slave, may be a servant but not a slave. Slavery was a curse.
If I could add, that last bit...Túrí a Mumbi...means we belong to God the creator.. its the prayer ending with confirming that all said and done, we belong to God.