Umlando wase-Afrika: I-Kenya Yathola Kanjani Igama Layo?

Kunamagama athile aphethe izithombe eziqinile zengqondo - amagama angakwazi ukudweba isithombe ngezingilazi ezimbalwa. Igama elithi "Kenya" ligama elilodwa elinjalo, ngokushesha lihambisa labo abalizwa emathafeni anamandla aseMaasai Mara , lapho ibhubesi libusa khona futhi abantu bahlala ezweni. Kulesi sihloko, sibheka umsuka waleli gama elikhusayo lesizwe saseMpumalanga Afrika .

Umlando Omfushane

I-Kenya ayizange ibizwe njalo - eqinisweni, igama lilingana elisha. Kunzima ukubeka lokho izwe elibizwe ngaphambi kokufika kwamakoloniyali aseYurophu ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 leminyaka yokuqala, ngoba iKenya njengoba siyazi namhlanje ayikho. Esikhundleni sesizwe esenziwe ngokomthetho, leli zwe laliyingxenye yesifunda esikhulu esaziwa ngokuthi i-East Africa.

Izizwe zendabuko kanye nama-Arabhu, amaPutukezi nama-Omani abahlala kuzo babeyobe namagama abo ezindaweni ezithile e-East Africa, futhi ngoba umuzi uthi basungulwe ogwini. Ngezikhathi zamaRoma, kucatshangwa ukuthi indawo esuka eKenya eya eTanzania yaziwa ngegama elilodwa, u-Azania. Imingcele yaseKenya yenziwa kuphela ngo-1895 lapho iBrithani imisa i-East Africa Protectorate.

Umsuka we "Kenya"

Emashumini ambalwa ambalwa alandelayo, i-British protorate yakwandisa kwaze kwaba yilapho ekugcineni yabizwa ngokuthi ikholoni yomqhele ngo-1920.

Ngalesi sikhathi, leli zwe laphinde laphindwa kabusha iKenya Colony ngokuhlonipha iNtaba yaseKenya , intaba yesibili ephakeme kunazo zonke e-Afrika kanye nenye yezimpawu zomhlaba ezibonakala kakhulu. Ukuze uqonde ukuthi igama lezwe livela kuphi, ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukuthi uqonde ukuthi intaba yachithwa kanjani.

Kunemibono eminingi ephikisanayo mayelana nendlela igama leNgisi yaseKenya elaqala ngayo. Abanye bakholelwa ukuthi igama lezintaba livela izithunywa zevangeli zokuqala, uJohann Ludwig Krapf noJohannes Rebmann, abafika ngaphakathi enkabeni yezwe ngo-1846. Lapho bebona le ntaba, izithunywa zevangeli zacela iziqondiso zazo ze-Akamba ngenxa yegama layo, lapho zathi "kiima kya kenia ". E-Akamba, igama elithi "kenia" lihunyushwa njenge-glitter noma likhanyise.

Le ntaba yayibizwa ngokuthi "intaba ekhanyayo" yi-Akamba ngenxa yokuthi ihlala iqhwa ngeqhwa naphezu kwesimo sezulu esishisayo samaqhwa aseKenya. Namuhla, intaba isineziqhwa ezingu-11, nakuba lezi zihamba ngokushesha ngenxa yokufudumala kwezwe. Igama elithi Ameru elithi "kirimira" libuye lihunyushwe ngokuthi "intaba enezici ezimhlophe", futhi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi leli gama lamanje elithi "Kenya" liyizwi elibi lalawa mazwi omdabu.

Abanye banqikazela ukuthi igama elithi "Kenya" liyisimo sokuhlaselwa kwe-Kĩrĩ Nyaga, noma i-Kirinyaga, igama elinikezwe entabeni yi-Kikuyu abantu bendawo. Ku-Kikuyu, igama elithi Kirinyaga lihunyushwa ngokuthi "indawo kaNkulunkulu yokuphumula" igama eliphefumulelwe inkolelo yokuthi intaba iyisihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu saseMkuyu.

Ngaphansi kokungokomoya, leli gama lingabuye lihunyushwe ngokuthi "indawo enezimboni" - ukubhekisela kwabakhileyo bezintaba.

Ukuzimela kweKenya

NgoDisemba 1963, iKenya yathola inkululeko evela ekubuseni kwaseBrithani emva kwesikhathi esibuhlungu sokuguquka nokuvukela. Isizwe esisha senziwa kabusha futhi senziwa kabusha njengeRiphabhulikhi yaseKenya ngo-1964, ngaphansi koMongameli we-former fighter Jomo Kenyatta. Ukufana phakathi kwegama elisha lezwe kanye nesibongo somongameli walo wokuqala akukhona okungahambi kahle. UKenyatta, owazalwa uKau Wa Ngengi, washintsha igama lakhe ngo-1922.

Igama lakhe lokuqala, uJomo, lihunyushwa ku-Kikuyu ngokuthi "umkhonto ovuthayo", kanti igama lakhe lokugcina libhekisela ebhande lendabuko lezintambo zabantu baseMaasai okuthiwa "ukukhanya kweKenya". Ngonyaka ofanayo, uKenyatta wajoyina i-East African Association, umkhankaso owawufuna ukubuyela kwamazwe aseKikuyu ahlanganiswe nabahlali abamhlophe ngesikhathi sokubusa kwaseBrithani.

Igama likaKenyatta lishintsha ngokuvumelana nokuqaliswa komsebenzi wakhe wezombusazwe, okwakungathi ngelinye ilanga angambona efana nenkululeko yaseKenya.