Nombres tradicionales kamba como instrumento de relación y elemento representativo de identidad y patrimonio intangible entre los akamba del área rural Machakos
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Los kamba suponen uno de los colectivos
más extendidos en Kenia, teniendo en
cuenta las controversias que puede generar
la conceptualización de grupo étnico, o su
categoría más colonial etnocéntrica, tribu.
Uno de los aspectos más significativos que
caracterizan a los kamba de la región rural
del interior del condado de Machakos es
que a la persona al nacer se le otorga un
nombre tradicional relacionado con el momento
del día en el que nace, el tiempo
atmosférico o cualquier otra circunstancia
relevante que implique la gestación o el
parto. Este hecho proyecta, en cierta medida,
un modo de relación y un rol de la
persona en el contexto familiar y social
Kamba people is one of the most extended collectives in Kenya, if we take into account the controversies that can result from the conceptualization of ethnic group, of its colonial-ethnocentric category: tribe. One of the most striking features of the kamba living in the rural areas of the Machakos Count is the issue of the kamba name given at birth, traditionally related to the moment of the day, the weather, or another different circumstance concerning to the pregnancy or childbirth. This fact is projected, to a greater or a lesser extent, in the way of relating, and, in turn, in the role of the person both in the social and in the family contexts
Kamba people is one of the most extended collectives in Kenya, if we take into account the controversies that can result from the conceptualization of ethnic group, of its colonial-ethnocentric category: tribe. One of the most striking features of the kamba living in the rural areas of the Machakos Count is the issue of the kamba name given at birth, traditionally related to the moment of the day, the weather, or another different circumstance concerning to the pregnancy or childbirth. This fact is projected, to a greater or a lesser extent, in the way of relating, and, in turn, in the role of the person both in the social and in the family contexts







