Genesis Of Ukamba | Origin of Kamba | Masaku Rule - Ali Nzioki ( simba nyika mshairi)
KENYA UKAMBA AND MASAKU UPRISING..
The Kamba or Ukamba people are a Bantu ethnic group - or tribe - who live in the semi-arid formerly Eastern Province of Kenya stretching east from Nairobi to Tsavo and north up to Embu, Kenya. This land is called Ukambani which constitutes of Makueni County, Kitui County and Machakos County.They are closely related in language and culture to the Kikuyu, Embu, Mbeere and Meru, and are concentrated in the lowlands of Southeast Kenya from he vicinity of Mount Kenya to the Coast.The local climate is semi-arid with hilly terrain and an altitude of 1000 to 2100 metres above sea level.
The first group of Kamba people settled in present-day Mbooni Hills in the Machakos District of Kenya in the second half of the 17th century before spreading to the greater Machakos, Makueni and Kitui Districts.Other authorities suggest that they arrived in their present lowlands east of Mount Kenya area of inhabitation from earlier settlements further to the north and east,[ while others argue that the Kamba, along with their closely related Eastern Bantu neighbours the Kikuyu, Embu, Mbeere and Meru moved into Kenya from points further south.
According to Ethnologue, there are approximately 6,960,000 Kamba speakers, with the number increasing. They live in Kenya, and are concentrated in the Machakos, Kitui, Makueni counties and southern Embu county of the former Eastern Province, Eastern parts of Muranga and Kiambu counties, Taita -Taveta county and Kwale County of the former Coast Province. and also form one of the largest populations in the urban city - counties of Nairobi and Mombasa. The Akamba share borders with the Maasai people are literally separated by the Kenya-Uganda railway from Athi to Kibwezi. Up until late 20th Century the Maasai and the Akamba communities were involved in persistent cattle-rustling and pasture conflicts especially on the pasture-rich Konza plains. This attracted the interest of colonial government who created Cooperative Society and the later the establishment of Konza, Potha and Malili Ranches
Apart from Kenya, Kamba people can also be found in Uganda, Tanzania and in South American country of Paraguay. The population of Akamba in Kenya is over 4, 448,000, about 10,280 in Uganda, 320,000 in Tanzania and about 35,000 in the South American country of Paraguay.
The Kamba speak the Kamba language (also known as Kikamba) as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo language family. Interestingly, Kikamba has no letters c, f, j, r, x, q and p in its alphabet
Like many Bantus the Akamba were originally hunters and gatherers, became long distance traders because of their knowledge of the expansive area they inhabited and good relations with neighbouring communities as well as excellent communication skills, later adopted subsistence farming and pastoralism due to the availability of the new land that they came to occupy
Today, the Akamba are often found engaged in different professions: some are agriculturalists, others are traders, while others have taken up formal jobs. Barter trade with the Kikuyu, Maasai, Meru and Embu people in the interior and the Mijikenda and Arab people of the coast was also practised by the Akamba who straddled the eastern plains of Kenya. • Kenya Kamba Traditiona... ..- BY E.NYANDORO
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Huyu mwalimu wangu,asante sana kwa kunijengea msingi bora wa kiswahili, sasa hivi mi ni mwalimu wa kiswahili,,,kazi uliyoianza inaendelea
Looking for the story about the African soldiers who served in Burma during WW2
Nimejifunza mengi kupitia kwako kuhusu jamii yangu ya wakamba. Mungu akubariki sana
Swahili fluently love it,salam toka Pemba
Wow... speaking fine swahili at your age mzee. I'm impressed
The best narrative on Kamba history so far.
How come we only remember our story from 19th century and can not remember beyond? What happened to the Black man's mind and we know civilization started in Africa,the cradle of humankind.
@muthelle
Жыл бұрын
Great question. Keep looking and it will start to show up to you.
@kingoritruckingllctrucking5738
5 ай бұрын
We lacked alphabets..I believe ndio wazungu walituweza. Ethiopia has oldest alphabets and they were never colonized due to being well organized empire. My view anyway
@ymutua
10 күн бұрын
I’m writing about Akamba history and what’s so crazy is that a lot of what is being said about the 19th century actually started in like 600ce when some allege the Akamba first made it to Ukambani
@justinamusyoka4986
10 күн бұрын
@@ymutua Dr Edward Robinson,an African Historian and an ancestor says clearly no Black person can tell which cities and areas their people lived 300 years ago let alone 600 ce. Dr Amos Wilson,an ancestor and psychologist wrote a series on how to reknew the Black man's mind, believing something was done to erase our story even from the oral narratives. How were we a great people yet we were zombified like King Nebuchadnezzar! Btw I read an article where our young people who refused to invoke their minds for greatness end up behaving like lunatics,saying things that never help them yet in life age 16,21,,30,60 & 80 matter so much ,alot of expanded consciousness occur those years but most are bypassed and become leftists.
The history we NEED in Kenyan classes. I remember we touched on a bit of this in G.H.C later Social Studies, this is very indepth, clear and informative
Very informative... very fluent pia
Historia mzuri,karibu unmsahau nabii wetu muhimu Syokimau,ukambani hakukuwa na ushindani ya uongozi,baina ya wake na wanaume,Nabii Suokimau aliheshimiwa ba wote,Masaku alikuwa kiongozi tu
very impressive mzee, gives an impressive synopsis of Kenya history.... asante sana
Wow! Thanks for this. AWESOME
Great
Lugha safi sana.
Thank you so much mwalimu.You taught me at kieleeleni primary.God bless you.
Mzee wangu uko na kiswahili kitamu
Ebana eeh huyu Mzee anaongea kinoma. None stop ✋
@justinamusyoka4986
Жыл бұрын
He's a talented orator.He should be put in better place to teach people Our story.
Sandals muno Mzee Nzioki.What is the meaning of the Kamba name Muindi?Indians...
@danielkimuyu3044
2 жыл бұрын
First word means thanks.Cortect spelling is Asanda.
sorry,Bantu was\is part of colonial concept created to conqour and rule Africa.This group of so called bantus never originated from Tanzania or west Africa but North Africa
@justinamusyoka4986
Жыл бұрын
Do we have Bantu migration story by Bantus themselves? How come we read his story (History)!
@jobsunguti9224
Жыл бұрын
@@justinamusyoka4986 the so called Bantu narratives talk of origin from north,kemet or misri.West Africa or congo or Cameroon was a brainwash by colonialists
@justinamusyoka4986
Жыл бұрын
@@jobsunguti9224 I do not dispute without my side of the story but I do not buy their narratives 💯 because they whitened it. Adam was Black but is portrayed white ,Same with the Messiah. I hope our people will fast track our story and put correct records.