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. Not simply relics of the past, proverbs
are an oral tradition containing historical and anthropological
knowledge missing from conventional sources, and as
micro-histories, provide a valuable source for the reconstruction
of the manners, characteristics, and worldviews of societies. While
only a few hundred Kamba proverbs have ever appeared in print,
thousands have circulated over time, from the monsoon exchange era
of the Roman Empire through the advent of Islam, European
imperialism and colonialism to independence. Today, a resurgence of
interest in the form has been generated via social media, songs and
vernacular radio programmes. This book provides the first,
comprehensive collection of Kamba proverbs from Eastern Kenya in
their original Kikamba language and in translation. Analysing 2,000
proverbs drawn from oral interviews, archival collections, museum
artefacts and published sources, the author traces the origins of
each and explores their meaning, interpretation and use. Covering a
diverse range of subjects that ranges from plants, animals, birds
and insects, to weather, land, the roles of men and women,
cosmology, ritual and belief, healing, trade, politics and
peacemaking, the book offers new insights into Kenya's rural world
and the expansion of Kamba society, East African history, language
and culture of vital significance for the social sciences. A
valuable comparative work for societal change elsewhere in Africa
and beyond, the book also suggests an innovative, alternative
approach to the study of the African past.
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