Nombres tradicionales kamba como instrumento de relación y elemento representativo de identidad y patrimonio intangible entre los akamba del área rural Machakos

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.