Kamba girls, 1906. [File] Long before Chief Kivoi Mwendwa made a name for himself and his country, which he introduced as Kinyaa before it was corrupted to Kenya by missionaries around 1849 ...

Muindi who has spent the last 15 years researching and documenting the Kamba culture and traditions, says the child would cry endlessly or become sickly until it is given the correct name.