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Kamba Culture

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