Drum Major

Drum Major

Who We Are

Drum Major Media is a start up organization working at the intersection of culture, language and technology to experiment, problem-solve, learn, and incubate new ideas. We are a Pan African and transnational organization.

What We Do

Looking for a memorable educational experience for your students that combines learning and fun? Look no further than Drum Major Tours. Drum Major Tours is an initiative of Drum Major Media-a progressive startup. We organize educational tours to exciting sites for primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities. We do this by working with the education ecosystem in Kenya and partnering with communities and stakeholders of the said sites. Our educational sites are in line with the current syllabus needs-both 8-4-4 and CBC. Our packages are tailored to our clients’ needs and are flexible enough. They are also fun and transformational to the learners-providing a memorable learning experience. Currently, we are working in 3 counties namely Kirinyaga, Embu and Meru. Look out for our exciting educational tour packages for schools and colleges.

Drum Major Tours

We organize educational tours to exciting sites for primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities.

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Drum major media sells artifacts and learning materials .

Market Place

Drum major media sells artifacts and learning materials. Our artifacts are cultural themed .

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Drum Major offers offers easy to learn Gikuyu language courses . The Kikuyu lessons target Kenyans in the diaspora who want to learn Kikuyu.

Gikuyu Language Lessons

You’ve probably heard it in urban circles: “My kids can’t speak Gikuyu!” We are here to teach them

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Magical Murang’a

Murang’a County is one of the counties of Kenya’s former Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang’a, which was referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. The county is inhabited mainly by and is considered the birthplace of the Gikuyu, the largest ethnic group in Kenya. As you explore the town, soak up the panoramic views of the rolling Kikuyu farmlands that stretch to the west of Muranga. The region was settled in the 17th century by missionaries who were forced from the coast by Portuguese colonists, with the remains of a British administrative post at Fort Smith still visible today. North-west of Muranga sprawls Aberdare National Park, a high-altitude protected area that encompasses 4,000-metre-high mountain peaks, bamboo forests and wild moorland. It’s inhabited by a diversity of big-game species that include elephants, lions and leopards, as well as eastern black rhinoceros, olive baboons and black and white colobus monkeys.

Murang’a County is one of the counties of Kenya’s former Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang’a, which was referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. The county is inhabited mainly by and is considered the birthplace of the Gikuyu, the largest ethnic group in Kenya.

As you explore the town, soak up the panoramic views of the rolling Kikuyu farmlands that stretch to the west of Muranga. The region was settled in the 17th century by missionaries who were forced from the coast by Portuguese colonists, with the remains of a British administrative post at Fort Smith still visible today.

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Latest Posts

photo of African woman in traditional dress.

THE AGIKUYU NUMBER SYSTEM

THE AGIKUYU NUMBER SYSTEM Alot has been written about the Gikuyu language. But little effort has been directed to the.

  • November 4, 2024
A photo of a man dressed in ethnic regalia beating w drum while dancing.

WHO TAUGHT US TO HATE ANCESTORS?

Today,31st October, is All Saints Eve or Halloween in Western world. It’s a day before the observance of All Saints.

  • October 31, 2024
A surreal scene of Gikuyu making a sacrifice and young men emerging from the fire.

SONS FORGED OF FIRE

The nine young men who married Gikuyus nine daughters have always intrigued me.But what intrigues me more is how they.

  • October 31, 2024
Image of a young lady in ethnic clothing blowing on a horn,with a mountain and starving gnu in the background.

NYA-MBURA

It had not rained in the last njahi season. It had also not rained in the ongoing mwere season. Nyagathanga.

  • October 30, 2024
Young man in colourful traditional attire.

THE DIALECTS OF GIKUYU LANGUAGE

Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has long advocated for Africans to write in their native languages to preserve their culture, identity,.

  • October 29, 2024
A panoramic photograph of river Mathioya in Murang'a County,Kenya.

MAGICAL MURANG’A: MWISHO WA RAHA

You haven’t lived if you have never been to Mwisho wa Raha in Murang’a County. Located in the pristine highlands.

  • October 29, 2024
Photo of a red brick building in a Nazi concentration camp.

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS: A CRITICAL REVIEW

John Boyne’s novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ was first published in 2006 adapted into a best-selling film two.

  • October 29, 2024

HOW MASHUJAA DAY IS THE TIPPING POINT OF THE YEAR

There is something about Mashujaa Day that makes it special-the tipping point of the year. It’s the unofficial reminder that.

  • October 23, 2024

WAR OF WORDS: HOW THE MAU MAU INSURGENCY SHAPED THE GĨKŨYŨ LANGUAGE

Wars change people,cultures and even languages.How did the Mau Mau war impact on the Gikuyu language? Read on to find.

  • October 20, 2024
Women with a wicker basket on her back picking tea in a farm.

WE DON’T HAVE TO LOSE MEN EVERY TEA BONUS SEASON

Tea bonus payout is around the corner, and so are the usual mishaps that go with the season. Grizzled tea.

  • October 15, 2024
Front cover of the book 'The Camel from the Sky and other folktales from Northern Kenya' by Gilbert Mwangi.

THE THREE OXEN: A FOLKTALE FOR THE SEASON

Folktales may seem whimsical, painted with the innocence of childhood, and laced with the fantastical magic of talking animals or.

  • October 9, 2024
African men and women dancing in the public.

THE FIRST IMPEACHMENT WAS SPARKED BY BARE DANCING

Impeachment is in the air and everyone in Kenya is holding their breath. I have no clue how this will.

  • October 8, 2024
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