ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY NAIROBI CAMPUS DAY PROGRAM FACULTY OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION COM 210: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENT : CULTURAL PROJECT KAMBA ADM: BACS/NRB/3697/17 Introduction History of the Akamba The Kamba people are a Bantu a branch of the Niger-Congo. They are also called the Akamba, Mukamba, Akamba or Keramba. The Maasai call the Akamba - Lungnu and the coastal people call the Akamba – Waumanguo due to their light dress. The Akamba people live in semi-arid areas like the Eastern Kenya that extends east from Nairobi to Tsavo and north up to Embu, Kenya. The Akamba refer to their land as Ukambani; which is currently constituted by Makueni County, Kitui County and Machakos County. Akamba are the fifth largest tribe and they make up about 11 percent of Kenya's total p
ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY NAIROBI CAMPUS DAY PROGRAM FACULTY OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION COM 210: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENT : INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE ADM: BACS/NRB/3697/17 Intercultural competence Introduction Intercultural is something that occurs between people of different cultures including different religious groups or people of different national origins. Competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people from different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds effectively. (Ashara Morris, 2014) Intercultural competence it is a symbolic, interpretive, transaction, contextual process in which people from different cultures create shared meanings that have the ability to develop targeted knowledge, skills and attitudes that lead to visible behavior and communication that are both effective and appr