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MrTyrus
#1 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:22:29 AM
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I just saw some clip on youtube about Gikuyu, Mumbi, the 9 daughters and the Akamba.

So, apparently there was a 10th daughter who got impregnated by her nephew and Gikuyu was not amused so he kicked them out of Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga to which they went and formed their own clan, the Akamba.

I tried finding the tales of the Akamba origin but no Mkamba friend of mine knows any.

Does anyone have a different version of the Akamba origin?

What are the tales of origin for the other Kenyan tribes?

Garden of Eden
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Impunity
#2 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:32:58 PM
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MrTyrus wrote:
I just saw some clip on youtube about Gikuyu, Mumbi, the 9 daughters and the Akamba.

So, apparently there was a 10th daughter who got impregnated by her nephew and Gikuyu was not amused so he kicked them out of Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga to which they went and formed their own clan, the Akamba.

I tried finding the tales of the Akamba origin but no Mkamba friend of mine knows any.

Does anyone have a different version of the Akamba origin?

What are the tales of origin for the other Kenyan tribes?

Garden of Eden


You are inviting the wrath of Kibunjia by going that far...
Pray
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MrTyrus
#3 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:12:06 PM
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Impunity wrote:
MrTyrus wrote:
I just saw some clip on youtube about Gikuyu, Mumbi, the 9 daughters and the Akamba.

So, apparently there was a 10th daughter who got impregnated by her nephew and Gikuyu was not amused so he kicked them out of Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga to which they went and formed their own clan, the Akamba.

I tried finding the tales of the Akamba origin but no Mkamba friend of mine knows any.

Does anyone have a different version of the Akamba origin?

What are the tales of origin for the other Kenyan tribes?

Garden of Eden


You are inviting the wrath of Kibunjia by going that far...
Pray



how now? I think NCIC was clear in supporting discussing ethnicity in this process of healing. One is able to accomodate another when you appreciate their story and you can only do this by hearing and listening to their story.

If we all fret Kibunjia and never discuss ethnicity then the tribal gaps will only grow bigger.
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mkeiyd
#4 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:45:08 PM
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MrTyrus wrote:
I just saw some clip on youtube about Gikuyu, Mumbi, the 9 daughters and the Akamba.

So, apparently there was a 10th daughter who got impregnated by her nephew and Gikuyu was not amused so he kicked them out of Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga to which they went and formed their own clan, the Akamba.

I tried finding the tales of the Akamba origin but no Mkamba friend of mine knows any.

Does anyone have a different version of the Akamba origin?

What are the tales of origin for the other Kenyan tribes?

Garden of Eden


@MrCyrus, that tale cannot be further from the truth. Where was Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga?
If you talk to the old Wakambas, they will tell you of their journey from Shimba hills[that area] after crossing over from Tanzania [the late Bingu wa Mutharika clan related to the Wakamba], thru' mbooni ,,,,..
The stories of mumbi are generally confined in and around Mt.Kenya[kirinyaga].
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Impunity
#5 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 2:07:14 PM
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MrTyrus wrote:
Impunity wrote:
MrTyrus wrote:
I just saw some clip on youtube about Gikuyu, Mumbi, the 9 daughters and the Akamba.

So, apparently there was a 10th daughter who got impregnated by her nephew and Gikuyu was not amused so he kicked them out of Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga to which they went and formed their own clan, the Akamba.

I tried finding the tales of the Akamba origin but no Mkamba friend of mine knows any.

Does anyone have a different version of the Akamba origin?

What are the tales of origin for the other Kenyan tribes?

Garden of Eden


You are inviting the wrath of Kibunjia by going that far...
Pray



how now? I think NCIC was clear in supporting discussing ethnicity in this process of healing. One is able to accomodate another when you appreciate their story and you can only do this by hearing and listening to their story.

If we all fret Kibunjia and never discuss ethnicity then the tribal gaps will only grow bigger.


How will Kaos think of you if you view them and refer to them as products of illicit romantic relationship within a Gikuyu in the house of mumbi?
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MrTyrus
#6 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:40:57 PM
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@Mkeiyd...mukurwe wa nyagathanga is in Muranga county

@Impunity...that is not my view, it's a Kikuyu lore that state that and this is not in any way a creation based on current politics. these are lores passed from centuries ago. It could be true or not, the only way to know is to ask.
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majimaji
#7 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:23:29 PM
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Kikuyu and other Central Bantus are only 3rd wave immigrants from the Cameroon-Congo area, among the last to check in around 1500 AD.

@ Mr Tyrus, as an anthropologist u shud know.
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mkeiyd
#8 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 4:38:01 PM
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Those tales were for entertaining[literature]. NOT factual.
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Robinhood
#9 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:16:31 PM
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Tribal bigotry - The 'we are superior than you' kind of thing
Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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Kaka M
#10 Posted : Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:33:41 PM
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majimaji wrote:

Kikuyu and other Central Bantus are only 3rd wave immigrants from the Cameroon-Congo area, among the last to check in around 1500 AD.

@ Mr Tyrus, as an anthropologist u shud know.





I remember learning in class 3 that Masais believe that they fell from heaven with their cattle and that the Nyamwezi of Tanzania believe that they came from the moon.
Most Bantus are said to have originated from Congo area, I remember hearing someone say that specically kambas originated from Katanga in DRC.
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