kamba - sam.quackenbush@tldsb.on.ca€¦ · location of the tribe the kamba tribe is located in...

Kamba

Also known as

Akamba,

Kikamba

Kekamba

Masaku

Ukamba

Kitui

Location of the tribe

The Kamba tribe is located in Kenya, Africa

They make up around 11 % of Kenya's population

Population 44.35 million in Kenya

About 4,878,500 are from the Kenya tribe (pop. has largely

increased since the 1930.)

Information about the tribe

● Bantu people.

● 5th largest tribe in Kenya.

● Live in between Nairobi and

the coast.

● Originally from Tanzania.

● Originated with the kikuyus

tribe before they separated.

Religion, faith and beliefs

Christian

(old Traditional belief) The god Ngai or Mulungu

Mulungu:Supreme being/ righteous one

Ngai: The cleaver/ the sky

the creator of all things

He/she also forms the baby

Merciful

Art

Music

Work cited

Gehman, Richard J. African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective. Kenya: East African Educational, 1989. Google

Books. East African Educational Publishers Ltd. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=1B4XPF1P4a4C&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=ngai+god&source=bl&ots=xndMCpeJyg&sig=YuJj8

X2NrA86vK4W1cnA7M-

Ai_I&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&pjf=1&ved=0ahUKEwjusYDK3KbSAhVMxYMKHReQArIQ6AEIWDAO#v=onepage&q=ngai%20god&f=fals

e

"They Handicraft the Finest Woodcarvings and Baskets." Kamba Tribe - Kenya's Bantu Tribe: Their History and Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 24

Apr. 2017.http://www.kenya-information-guide.com/kamba-tribe.html

Fair Trade Federation. "Wood Carvers of Kenya." Swahili Modern. Fair Trade Federation, n.d. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.https://www.swahilimodern.com/pages/wood-carvers-of-kenya

Senoga-Zake, George W. Folk Music of Kenya. Nairobi: Uzima, 1986. 154-59. Print.https://books.google.ca/books?id=yoJ-

WGuOzLIC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=uta+wa+mundu+mue&source=bl&ots=JAx-

hDRAIa&sig=RPuXyDlKFXMViaMpKWwt8bhSAZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHrfGh4v7SAhVC0YMKHccfArAQ6AEIHzAB#v=on

epage&q=uta%20wa%20mundu%20mue&f=false

Continue

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Kenya: The Kamba Tribe, including Its Traditions and Beliefs; the Religion Practised; and

Whether Female Genital Mutilation Is Practised." Refworld. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, n.d. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad3a0.html

Koopman, Arjen. "The Kamba Tribe." Kenya Advisor – The Independent Kenya Travel Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.http://www.kenya-advisor.com/kamba-tribe.html

Bush, Chris Walker. "Kenya Tribes and Religion." Travel to Africa. N.p., 1 June 2016. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.http://www.shadowsofafrica.com/travel-

africa/kenyan-tribes-religions/

NALRC. Kamba. Lilongwe: Longman, 1975. Kamba. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.http://www.nalrc.indiana.edu/brochures/Kamba.pdf

"Kamba Tribe, People, Language, Culture and Traditions." Softkenya.com. Soft Kenya, 12 Apr. 2017. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.https://softkenya.com/kenya/kamba-tribe/

JGK Designs. "Kamba Sisal Basket." Kamba Sisal Baskets | JGK Designs. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.http://jgkdesigns.com/articles/kamba-

sisal-baskets.aspx

Continue

Overlandtraveladventures, Tracey. "Traditional Entertainment of Kenya." OTA - Adventures in East Africa. N.p., 25 Sept. 2015. Web. 24

Apr. 2017.https://overlandtraveladventures.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/traditional-entertainment-of-kenya/

Pateman, Robert, and Josie Elias. Kenya. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2014. Print.

Friedenthal, Lora, and Dorothy Kavanaugh. Religions of Africa. Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2014. Print.

"KAMBA PEOPLE: INTELLIGENT, BRAVE, SKILLFUL CRAFT MEN, DRUMMING AND DANCING PEOPLE OF KENYA WHO ALSO

FOUNDED AFRICAN TOWNS IN PARAGUAY." Trip down Memory Lane. N.p., 9 June 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2017.http://kwekudee-

tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.ca/2014/06/kamba-people-intelligent-brave-skillful.html

Finke, Jens. "Kamba Music and Dance." BlueGecko. BlueGecko, n.d. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/music.htm

Finke, Jens. "Wood Carvings." Kamba Arts and Crafts. BlueGecko, n.d. Web. 24 Apr.

2017.http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/kamba/arts.htm

Food: Dango

Culture: Japan

What is it/ how to make dango’s

Types of dango’s

kinako

Mitarashi

Bocchan

kushichichi

Goma

sanshoku

history

Festival occasions

Obon

Festival occasions

Mitarashi festival