Kamba carvers

- Tracey, Andrew

Title
Kamba carvers
Creator
Tracey, Andrew
Subject
To be catalogued
Date
1960
Type
text
Type
article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10962/481698
Identifier
vital:78577
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v2i3.611
Description
You generally find the carvers on a street corner, sitting under a tree out of the hot sun, behind the neat rows of their carvings arranged on a mat, and it may be any¬where from Francistown to Jinja; the scene is the same. Their round, dark faces, their soft language with its th sounds, and above all the distinctive lines of their carvings mark them out as members of one of the enterprising tribes of Africa, the Kamba from Machakos, to the south east of Nairobi, in Kenya. These people travel over most of central Africa to sell their work, from Southern Rhodesia to the Sudan (not, however, the Portuguese territories), and in addition their carvings stock most of the curio shops all over Africa and are to be found both in America and Europe. Behind them is the Akamba Handcraft Association in Kenya, a society which looks after and promotes their interests and is run entirely by the Kamba.
Format
3 pages, pdf
Language
English
Relation
African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, Tracey, A. “Kamba carvers”. 1960. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 2 (3): 55-58, African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music volume 2 number 3 55 58 1960
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