Giryama Poem - Mepoho

Mepoho prophesied the coming of the white man. She told us of the developments and changes that would come, including aeroplanes, trains and the washing away of our cultures. She warned us of the tribulations that would come with colonization, and urged us to be resilient. Our Mepoho was so mysterious that she didn’t die; mother earth could not allow that. She disappeared; swallowed by the earth in the full glare of the public. No grass has grown on that spot ever since... When you visit Kaloleni, Giriama, ask to be shown the spot...