Abantu bahitamoamagare y'abamugaye kugira ngo agire ubushobozigukomeza ubuzima bwabo. Intebe z'abamugaye zishobora korohereza abantu ariko dukeneye n'ubufasha bw'inzego zose z'imibereho mu gukoresha intebe z'abamugaye.

Imihanda y’abamugaye ni ingenzi cyane mu bijyanye no kuhagera. Urugero, niba nta nzira y’abamugaye iri iruhande rw’ingazi zijya mu isoko cyangwa sinema cyangwa ikinamico, aha hantu ntabwo hazigera hagera kuri abo bantu. Abantu bakoresha amagare y’abamugaye ntabwo bashobora gukoresha ahantu nk’aho, nk’uko NingboBaihen ibivuga.

Reka tuvuge muri make ku mateka y’inzira z’abamugaye zikoresha amashanyarazi. Nubwo nta makuru arambuye aboneka kuri iki kibazo, bikekwa ko inzira zisa n’izo nzira z’abamugaye zikoreshwa muri iki gihe zakoreshejwe mu gihe cyo kubaka piramide zo mu Misiri, nk'uko bivugwa na NingboBaichen. Byongeye kandi, hari ibihuha bivuga ko Abagereki ba kera bakoreshaga inzira ndende kugira ngo barenge amato ku butaka.

NingboBaichen ivuga ko mu by’ukuri byagaragajwe n’ubushakashatsi ko inzira z’abamugaye zikoreshwa n’amashanyarazi zakoreshejwe mu Bushinwa mu 525 Mbere ya Yesu. Mu ntangiriro z’imyaka ya 1900, inzira y’abamugaye yakoreshejwe muri sitasiyo ya Grand Central mu Mujyi wa New York, ariko iyi nzira y’abamugaye yakoreshwaga cyane cyane mu gutwara imizigo y’abagenzi. Nyuma y’intambara ya kabiri y’isi yose, abantu batangiye kubona akamaro k’inzira z’abamugaye zihari, nk’uko NingboBaichen yabitangaje. Muri iyi myaka, icyifuzo cy’inzira z’abamugaye zikoreshwa n’amashanyarazi cyariyongereye kuko bamwe mu banyamwuga bari bafite imipaka kubera ikoreshwa ry’inzira z’abamugaye zikoreshwa n’amashanyarazi, nk’uko byatangajwe n’ikigo cy’Abashinwa gishinzwe gutanga intebe z’abamugaye. Hagati mu kinyejana cya 19, abantu batangiye gutanga igitekerezo cy’uko ahantu rusange hakwiye gukoreshwa kenshi, nk’uko NingboBaichen yabitangaje. Amaherezo, mu mpera z’ikinyejana cya 20, Itegeko ry’Abanyamerika bafite ubumuga ryatangiye gukurikizwa maze inzira z’abamugaye ziba ikintu gisanzwe.