 The other group did not yet have a name, but included African-American photographers Albert Fennar, James Mannas, Herbert Randall, and Shawn Walker.The first director of the group was Roy DeCarava, who led the collective from 1963 to 1965.Al Fennar suggested the newly united group of artists to name themselves "Kamoinge," after reading Jomo Kenyatta’s book, written in 1962, called "Facing Mount Kenya -- Kamoinge" can be translated to “a group of people who are working together” from the Kikuyu or Gikuyu language, which is spoken in Kenya primarily.