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Author Kitunda, Jeremiah Mutio, author

Title Kamba proverbs from Eastern Kenya : sources, origins & history / Jeremiah M. Kitunda
Published Martlesham : James Currey, 2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Series Eastern Africa series ; 52
Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 Introduction; PART II: THE NATURAL WORLD; 2 Atmosphere and Biosphere; 3 Wild Plants; 4 Wild Game; 5 Wild Birds; 6 Predators and Vermin; 7 Insects and their role in Kamba History; 8 Amphibians and Reptiles; PART III: KAMBA AT HOME; 9 Farm, Hearth, and Home; 10 Crops and Other Plants; 11 Domesticated Animals; 12 Men and Masculinity; 13 Women and Motherhood; 14 Children and Adulthood; PART IV: KAMBA SOCIETY; 15 Place names and Ethnic names; 16 Beliefs, Rituals, and Cosmology; 17 Wealth and Poverty; 18 Cuisine and Consumption; 19 Health, Healing, and the Body; 20 Trade, Markets, and Industries; 21 Politics, Conflict, and Peacemaking
Summary A unique historical and linguistic resource for those in anthropology, art, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, psychology, religion, sociology, and environmental studies, as well as performers and poets
Notes PART I: INTRODUCTION<br>1 Introduction<br>PART II: THE NATURAL WORLD<br>2 Atmosphere and Biosphere <br>3 Wild Plants<br>4 Wild Game<br>5 Wild Birds <br>6 Predators and Vermin<br>7 Insects and their role in Kamba History<br>8 Amphibians and Reptiles<br>PART III: KAMBA AT HOME<br>9 Farm, Hearth, and Home<br>10 Crops and Other Plants<br>11 Domesticated Animals<br>12 Men and Masculinity<br>13 Women and Motherhood<br>14 Children and Adulthood <br>PART IV: KAMBA SOCIETY <br>15 Place names and Ethnic names<br>16 Beliefs, Rituals, and Cosmology<br>17 Wealth and Poverty<br>18 Cuisine and Consumption<br>19 Health, Healing, and the Body<br>20 Trade, Markets, and Industries<br>21 Politics, Conflict, and Peacemaking
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Subject Proverbs, Kamba.
Proverbs, Kamba -- History
Social & cultural anthropology.
Cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages (see also Swahili).
TRAVEL / Africa / East / Kenya.
Proverbs, Kamba
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1800102690
9781800102682
1800102682
9781800102699