About the series
Long before the language existed, someone had to look at a cow and figure out what to call it. Meet the hilarious people responsible for naming the entire Agikuyu universe.
Kenyan series
Mung'etho wa Tene
Long before the language existed, someone had to look at a cow and figure out what to call it. Meet the hilarious people responsible for naming the entire Agikuyu universe.
Series format
1 season, 10 published episodes. Landscape presentation. Ended.
Episode guide
Seasons & episodes
Season 1
S1 · E1 · 4 min
Ngi
Following a spike in the number of houseflies in the village, two men decide to meet and deliberate on what to name these annoying creatures
S1 · E2 · 4 min
Ngia
What would you call a poor person who always speaks about getting rich in the future.
S1 · E3 · 6 min
Maheni
When a person just can’t find it in them to speak the truth, He is full of lies.
S1 · E4 · 5 min
Kihuruta
What do we call the beautiful insects in Kikuyu and why?
S1 · E5 · 4 min
Nyenje
What do we call the insect that likes living in the kitchen and why?
S1 · E6 · 3 min
Rwagi
In English we call it a Mosquito but how did it get its Kikuyu name?
S1 · E7 · 2 min
Kūratha na Gūthūa
In English the sun rises and sets but how did these words get their Kikuyu words?
S1 · E8 · 4 min
Ndira
In English, we call it the heel but how did it get its Kikuyu name?
S1 · E9 · 5 min
Mutumia
How did a woman get the Kikuyu name?
S1 · E10 · 5 min
Irenge
In English we call it a pumpkin but how did it get its Kikuyu?