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The Kamnara of Sakwa are making ground to build for future generations

Greetings from the Kamnara of Sakwa! The Kamnara people of Sakwa on 27th December 2024 gathered at Village Park, Ajigo (near Bondo). Hosted by Kwaka Joseph, they hearkened to the consultative forum call, arriving in good numbers and early enough for a successful day. The gathering was chaired by Mr. Nying’ro James Onyango, a former (retired) assistant commissioner of Police. The introductions were excellent. The genealogies were mentioned in reverence, lengthy ones applauded. And courtesy of Enos Oyaya’s book, “Kamnara my people”, anyone who would need help had the documentation. Oyaya had launched the Kamnara book on 30th December 2022 at his home in Kamnara Mwalo, an event that gathered Vakamnara from far and wide. “What can we do that the generations to come will benefit from?” This was the clarion Mr. Kwaka Joseph called on all to fashion their minds to. And issues were raised in the fields of Education, health, agriculture, enterprise, politics and more that the swift dholuo would...
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Laugh and smile in Bantu languages

The post was on Facebook and I followed up at the comments section, catching what other tribes say in relation.

Here I write

Laugh, Smile; Tribe, Country
Hleka, kuncuma; IsiXhosa, SA
Nyenya, tsenga; Setswana, BOTS
Sega, myemyela; Sepedi, SA
Khucheha, khumenya; Samia, KE
Hleka, bonyozena; Tsonga, MOZ
Usea, unwenwela; Venda, SA
Seka, mwentula; Kaonde, ZAM
Seka, mwetamweta; Tonga, ZAM
Hleka, mwayitela; Tsonga, SA
Chekha, mwenya, Bukusu, KE
Seka, mwenyukila; Ngonde, MAL
Ts'eha, hobobothela; Sesotho, LES
Yola, menya; Shindonga, NAM
Huzeha, mwenya; Gisu, UG
Seka, mwenya; Luganda, UG
Seka, mweturira; Chichewa, MAL
Hleka, moyizela; isiZulu, SA
Theka, kweng'a; Kamba, KE
Theka, mweura; Kikuyu, KE
Heka, menyamenya; Thimbukushu, NAM
Twenga, mwenyura; Kirundi, BUR
Seha, menya; Lozi, ZAM
Sheka, mwenya; Runyankore, UG
Yola, memeha; Shiwambo, NAM
Seka, mwentula; Bemba, ZAM
Hleka, bobotheka; isiNdebele, ZAM
Seka, nyemwerera; Shona, ZIM
Tsega, nyenya; Setswana, BOT
Seka, munyamunya; Zigula, TZ
Seka, mwenya; Maragori, KE

This short piece is in observance that 'seka' is dominant. Hl/ch/kh are a few.

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Anzugira Odanga: Koseka(laugh) and kumwenya(smile)

Erick Author: I watch a lot of south African soaps on e-Africa and I'm always amazed at how much I can understand especially languages like Tsipedi and Setswana without reading the English subtitles. We have so many words in common eg ingubo, amazi, ingelosi, inguluve etc etc they even say umunaa where we say umunyaa and kunakana to mean kuganagana.

Vincent Iramuka: Its easy to pick out the Bantu tongues

Lung'afa: Yes. L'logori is near to them than Bukusu, Idakho, Kisa...

Therefore the Murogori that is said to have come from Misri down the Nile a disaster to connect. 😊

Baba Ndanyi: May be there is a link somewhere, sailing by boat from Misri, land in South Africa then naughty ones trying to trace their way back stopping at Lake Inyanza 😆😆😆

Mudengani Kisia: Quite interesting

Peter Kirima: Scrolled through a scientific article few years ago that tested Tutsi DNA samples which clarified the ancient myth that they are associated with the North or horn of Africa (somali) simply due to their physical features. The DNA revealed most rwandese are largely Bantus with only 3% northern. Rwandese language is closer to maragoli than other Luhya dialects. Saniaga too  must have been assimilated to local Bantu tribes. They originally should carry both Nilotic and semetic features and influences , lost their language through inter marriage and must have dispersed at Nubia along river nile, Ethiopia and Uganda.🤔

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