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The Kamba or Wakamba people are a Bantu ethnic group - or tribe - who live in the semi-arid formerly Eastern Province of Kenya stretching east from Nairobi to Tsavo and north up to Embu, Kenya. This land is called ''Ukambani'' which constitutes of Makueni County, Kitui County and Machakos County. Sources vary on whether they are the third, fourth or the fifth largest ethnic group in Kenya. They make up to 11 percent of Kenya's population.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=http://www.kenya-information-guide.com/kamba-tribe.html )〕 They speak the Bantu Kikamba language as a mother tongue. The Kamba are predominantly based in Machakos, Kitui and Makueni Counties of Kenya.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?rop3=104515 )〕 The total population of the Kamba stands at approximately 4.1 million. The Kamba are also called Akamba or Wakamba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,4565c22544,45744f482,3ae6ad3a0,0,IRBC,,KEN.html )〕 ==Origin== The Kamba are of Bantu origin.〔Joseph Bindloss, Tom Parkinson, Matt Fletcher, ''Lonely Planet Kenya'', (Lonely Planet: 2003), p.35.〕 Like the closely related Kikuyu, Embu, Mbeere and Meru, they are concentrated in the vicinity of Mount Kenya. The exact place that the Kamba's ancestors migrated from after the initial Bantu expansion from West Africa is uncertain. They are believed to have reached their present Mbooni Hills stronghold in the Machakos District of Kenya in the second half of the 17th century. Other authorities suggest that they arrived in their present Mount Kenya area of inhabitation from earlier settlements further to the north and east,〔 while others argue that the Kamba, along with their closely related Eastern Bantu neighbors the Kikuyu, Embu, Mbeere and Meru moved into Kenya from points further south.〔Arnold Curtis, ''Kenya: a visitor's guide'', (Evans Brothers: 1985), p.7.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamba people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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