The timeline below shows where the term Mumbi appears in The River Between. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
Long ago, the ancestors, Gikuyu and Mumbi, blessed the ridges and the Gikuyu lands. Both Kameno and Makuyu claim to be particularly...
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Chapter 5
On the sacred hilltop, Chege tells Waiyaki of Murungu, who created Gikuyu and Mumbi as the “father and mother of our tribe.” After them came Mugo the seer, who...
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