Gítaúra gía Gíkúyú

Our main project

Volume 1 - March 2026

Volume 2 - December 2027

Volume 3 - TBA

The ‘Gítaúra gía Gíkúyú’ is a trilingual dictionary of the Gíkúyú language that uses Kiswahili and English in order to explore the meanings of our words.

It helps open the door to a lively culture with beautiful music, amazing books, great shows, a fascinating history and so much more that has been out of reach for many people.

The three combined volumes will contain a total of ~10,000 unique words and will be freely available online. They will also be available for purchase in physical form, both hardback and paperback.

Trilingual Kikuyu dictionary book design by Mwananchi-Afrika

Volume 1 - Edition 1

Release Dates (2025 -2026)

December 21st - Short Preview

March 30th - Full release

*Above dates were postponed due to illnesses within the team

Digital copies will be available soon after release through our website

Physical copies will be available via certain bookshops & online sellers

Availability