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Kamba

Member of a Bantu people of Kenya. Authority is held by age-grade elders and district councils. They are an agricultural and trading people with a tradition of woodcarving, but many now work in towns because of overcrowding and land erosion.



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The narrator ponders large questions (the significance of animals, dreams, tribal and sexual things, magic and rituals); he is familiar with several prime movers (Gitche Manitou, Jesus, Allah) and a variety of languages and cultures (Spanish, Italian, English, North American, Masai, Wakamba, Lumbwa, Chagga).
The wood-carving industry, started by the Wakamba people of South-Central Africa, has grown to such an extent that it brings in $20 million per year.
Among the others are two attractive French-breds-Ithaque des Marins (72), a Sire des Champs half-brother to three winning jumpers in France, and a gelding by Slip Anchor's son Luchiroverte (215) tracing to the speedy mare Wakamba.
 
 
 
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