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Why Gikuyu bachelors were buried upside down, their butts smeared with ash

They were buried upside down [Photo: Courtesy]

The world over, few things are celebrated with more excitement than the birth of an African child and a last-gap classic goal at the World Cup.

It is never said aloud, but when the parents of the groom are keenly following the nuptials, two questions linger at the back of their minds: When will the first grandchild pop? And will it be a boy?

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