Disposal of Unclaimed Bodies

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Internet

Elder Lister
K bilo said:
When I was around 12 I saw unclaimed bodies being buried at cemetery, it is then that I understood why my forefathers would leave the dead in the forest to devoured by animals
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Here is my theory on that burial thing.

The history we know was written by wazungus who came to Kenya in late 1800s.
When they came to Kenya dysentery and small pox followed them ravaging the people. It could be they used biological warfare by intentionally spreading these diseases to weaken the resistance as they worked to colonize the people.

https://www.pilotguides.com/articles/european-conquest-spread-disease-biological-weapon/

So contagious were these foreign diseases that the people (Kikuyu) would leave the infected family members in the woods for fear of spreading the infection to the healthy members of the itora (neighborhood)
So when the wazungu found unburied bodies in the woods they wrote that culturally Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. History is written by the winners, remember?
I don't believe that the Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. Imagine having to drag a dead donkey, dog, cat all the way to the forest when it's easier to either leave it where it is or bury it.
 
Aviator

Aviator

Elder Lister
Internet said:
Here is my theory on that burial thing.

The history we know was written by wazungus who came to Kenya in late 1800s.
When they came to Kenya dysentery and small pox followed them ravaging the people. It could be they used biological warfare by intentionally spreading these diseases to weaken the resistance as they worked to colonize the people.

https://www.pilotguides.com/articles/european-conquest-spread-disease-biological-weapon/

So contagious were these foreign diseases that the people (Kikuyu) would leave the infected family members in the woods for fear of spreading the infection to the healthy members of the itora (neighborhood)
So when the wazungu found unburied bodies in the woods they wrote that culturally Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. History is written by the winners, remember?
I don't believe that the Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. Imagine having to drag a dead donkey, dog, cat all the way to the forest when it's easier to either leave it where it is or bury it.
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Forgot what you read.
If you have a grandma or grandpa old enough, just talk to them and get firsthand info.
 
Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

Elder Lister
Smallpox, jiggers too. And rinderpest for the maasai cows .
Internet said:
Here is my theory on that burial thing.

The history we know was written by wazungus who came to Kenya in late 1800s.
When they came to Kenya dysentery and small pox followed them ravaging the people. It could be they used biological warfare by intentionally spreading these diseases to weaken the resistance as they worked to colonize the people.

https://www.pilotguides.com/articles/european-conquest-spread-disease-biological-weapon/

So contagious were these foreign diseases that the people (Kikuyu) would leave the infected family members in the woods for fear of spreading the infection to the healthy members of the itora (neighborhood)
So when the wazungu found unburied bodies in the woods they wrote that culturally Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. History is written by the winners, remember?
I don't believe that the Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. Imagine having to drag a dead donkey, dog, cat all the way to the forest when it's easier to either leave it where it is or bury it.
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mzeiya

mzeiya

Elder Lister
Internet said:
Here is my theory on that burial thing.

The history we know was written by wazungus who came to Kenya in late 1800s.
When they came to Kenya dysentery and small pox followed them ravaging the people. It could be they used biological warfare by intentionally spreading these diseases to weaken the resistance as they worked to colonize the people.

https://www.pilotguides.com/articles/european-conquest-spread-disease-biological-weapon/

So contagious were these foreign diseases that the people (Kikuyu) would leave the infected family members in the woods for fear of spreading the infection to the healthy members of the itora (neighborhood)
So when the wazungu found unburied bodies in the woods they wrote that culturally Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. History is written by the winners, remember?
I don't believe that the Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. Imagine having to drag a dead donkey, dog, cat all the way to the forest when it's easier to either leave it where it is or bury it.
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Very much plausible. This is great insight.
 
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K bilo

Lister
Internet said:
I don't believe that the Kikuyu didn't bury their dead. Imagine having to drag a dead donkey, dog, cat all the way to the forest when it's easier to either leave it where it is or bury it.
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I come from a community that is extremely necrophobic. My great-uncle told me in some occasions they would abandon terminally ill folks in the forest even before they had passed away.
 
Aviator

Aviator

Elder Lister
K bilo said:
I come from a community that is extremely necrophobic. My great-uncle told me in some occasions they would abandon terminally ill folks in the forest even before they had passed away.
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Exactly.
Even twins were thrown in the bush.
My maternal grandfather was one of the victims. His twin bro, unfortunately, died in the forest. The mum picked him the next morning and fled from the village with him.

One day, I will write about it.
 
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