Where pregnant women were barred from attending funerals

A pregnant woman admires her pregnancy. [Getty Images]

Among most Kenyan communities, pregnant women were accorded special care, given only certain foods and barred from certain activities, which were deemed incongruent to their condition.

Since there were no nannies or house helps in most traditional societies, the Kamba abrogated the role to the mother-in-law who, alongside other family members, carried out the domestic chores.