#HistoryKeThread: Kamba Grooming
As seen in this 1911 photo by Gerhard Lindblom, the Kamba shaved the hair and eyebrows with a razor or sort of knife, called wenzi. The hair was first made wet with water.
As seen in this 1911 photo by Gerhard Lindblom, the Kamba shaved the hair and eyebrows with a razor or sort of knife, called wenzi. The hair was first made wet with water.
Women were always shaved by men. But men shaved each other.
Kambas were fairly meticulous in grooming. Armpit and private parts hair, too, was shaved. At times, they pulled out hair with some kind of tweezers they called ng’ose (or something of the sort).
Another kind of tweezer called ng’ola was used in plucking out male beards.
This last undated pic shows Kamba women in their traditional dress.
