Kukho amagama athile asebenzayo kunye nemifanekiso eqingqileyo yengqondo-amagama angakwazi ukudweba umfanekiso kunye nezilwanyana ezimbalwa. Igama elithi "Kenya" linye lizwi elinjalo, ngokukhawuleza ukuthutha abo bakuva kwiinqaba ezinamandla zaseMasai Mara , apho ingonyama ilawula kwaye abantu bahlala kwilizwe. Kule nqaku, sibheke imvelaphi yeli lizwe elikhupha igama lesizwe saseMpuma Afrika .
Imbali emfutshane
I-Kenya ayisoloko ibizwa ngokuba yile ndlela-enyanisweni, igama elitsha. Kunzima ukubeka oko ilizwe elibizwe khona ngaphambi kokufika kwamaKoloniyali aseYurophu ngasekupheleni kwe-19 neyokuqala kwekhulu lama-20, kuba iKenya njengoko siyazi namhlanje ayikho. Esikhundleni sesizwe esenziwe ngokusemthethweni, ilizwe liyingxenye yendawo enkulu eyaziwayo njengeMpuma Afrika.
Izizwe zomthonyama kunye neArabhu yokuqala, isiPutukezi kunye no-Omani abahlali bayeza kuba namagama abo kwiindawo ezithile kwi-East Africa, kwaye ukuba isixeko sichaza ngasemva konxweme. Kwixesha lamaRoma, kucingelwa ukuba indawo esuka eKenya ukuya eTanzania yaziwa ngegama elinye, uAzania. Imida yaseKenya yenziwa kuphela ngo-1895 xa iBrithani isungula i-East Africa Protectorate.
Umvelaphi we "Kenya"
Kwiminyaka embalwa elandelayo, umkhuseli waseBrithani wanda wada wada wavakalisa ikholoni yesithsaba ngowe-1920.
Ngelo xesha, ilizwe laphinde laphinde labizwa ngokuba yiKenya Colony ngokuhlonipha iNtabeni yaseKenya , intaba yesibini ede kakhulu e-Afrika kunye neyona ndawo ebonakalayo yimihlaba. Ukuze uqonde ukuba livelaphi igama lelizwe, ngoko ke kuyimfuneko ukuqonda indlela intaba eya kubakho ngayo.
Kukho iingcinga ezininzi eziphikisanayo malunga nendlela igama leNgesi yaseKenya eliye lavela ngayo. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba igama leentaba livela kubathunywa bevangeli bokuqala, uJohann Ludwig Krapf noJohannes Rebmann, abaye bangena kwilizwe langaphakathi ngo-1846. Xa bebona intaba, abavangeli basemazweni bacela izikhokelo zabo ze-Akamba ngenxa yegama layo, apho baphendula "kiima kya kenia ". E-Akamba, igama elithi "kenia" liguqulela njenge-glitter okanye likhanyise.
Intaba ibizwa ngokuba "intaba ekhanya" yiAkamba ngenxa yokuba ihlala iqhwa ngekhephu naphezu kwemozulu yezityalo ezisezantsi zaseKenya. Namhlanje, intaba isineziqhumiso ezili-11, nangona ezi zihamba ngokukhawuleza ngenxa yokufudumala kwehlabathi. Igama elithi Ameru elithi "kirimira" libuye liguqule ngokuthi "intaba eneempawu ezimhlophe", kwaye abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba igama langoku elithi "iKenya" lithethwa ngokungahambisani nelinye lamagama asekuhlaleni.
Abanye banqwenela ukuba igama elithi "Kenya" liyi-bastardization yeKĩrĩ Nyaga, okanye i-Kirinyaga, igama elinikezwe entabeni ngabantu baseKikuyu. Ku-Kikuyu, igama elithi Kirinyaga liguqulela ngokungathi "indawo yokuphumla kukaThixo", igama eliphefumlelwe yinkolelo yokuba intaba iyitrone kaThixo yaseMkuyu yasemhlabeni.
Ngaphantsi komoya, igama linokuguqulwa ngokuthi "indawo kunye neencini" -kubhekiselele kubemi bemihlali.
Ukuzimela kweKenya
NgoDisemba 1963, iKenya yathola ukuzimela ngaphandle kolawulo lwaseBrithani emva kwexesha elibuhlungu lokuguquka nokuvukela. Uhlanga olutsha luye lwasungulwa kwaye lwachithwa njengeRiphablikhi yaseKenya ngo-1964, phantsi koongameli we-former fighter Jomo Kenyatta. Ukufana phakathi kwegama elitsha lelizwe kunye nefowuni yomongameli walo wokuqala akukho nantlingano. UKenyatta, owazalwa uKau WaNgengi, watshintsha igama lakhe ngo-1922.
Igama lakhe lokuqala, iJomo, liguqulela kwi-Kikuyu ngokuba "ngumkhonto ovuthayo", ngelixa igama lakhe lokugqibela libhekisela kwibhande eliqhelekileyo elibhekiselwe abantu baseMaasai ngokuthiwa "ukukhanya kweKenya". Ngaloo nyaka, uKenyatta wajoyina uMbutho we-East African, umkhankaso owawufuna ukubuyiswa kwamazwe aseKuyu akhonjwe ngabahlali abamhlophe ngexesha lolawulo lwaseBrithani.
Igama likaKenyatta litshintshile, ngoko ke, luhambelane nokuqaliswa komsebenzi wakhe wezopolitiko, oya kuthi wukumbona ngelinye ilanga ufanane nenkululeko yaseKenya.