Social organization of the Akamba- Like other Bantus, the Akamba were organized into clans whose members claimed common descent.-The Akamba practiced polygamous marriages. However their tradition allowed the adoption of an outsider into a clan. -Wrongdoers among the Akamba were banished from the community if they refused to compensate for the wrong did.-At puberty, both men and women were allowed to marry and bear children.-The Akamba believed in the existence of a creator called Ngai or Mulungu whom they prayed to through ancestral spirits.-The Akamba had ritual experts who included medicine people that guided them in their rituals. -Shrines also existed where offerings and sacrifices were made by the elders called Atumia ma ithembo
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