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Akamba Wood Carving Excursion, Mombasa

The first Kamba to introduce wood carving in Ukambani was Mutisya Muge.

He started in 1916 and was selling his carvings to the army men in the First World War in 1917. Mr. Mutisya died in 1929 and was buried at his home in Wamunyu. His carvings were first displayed in Machakos in 1926 was awarded the first award by the Colonial Government. The display and show in Machakos created interest to Muge’s neighbours and he started teaching the practice.

Twenty years later i.e in 1946 carvings started been sold in the other countries of the Eastern Africa and extend to Southern Rhodesia (Botswana) after which Kamba men started moving to Central Africa, Congo and then all over the world trading and teaching the art of carving.