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Iraqw

(also Mbulu), a people in Tanzania, living to the southeast of Lake Eyasi. The Goroa, Alawa, and Burungi peoples are related to the Iraqw. The Iraqw population is approximately 300,000 persons (1967, estimate). They speak the Iraqw language. Traditional tribal beliefs and cults are retained among the Iraqw. Their chief occupation is farming, combined with cattle raising.

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No references found			Among the few East African works is a leather Iraqw woman's initiation skirt from Tanzania. Of Cloth and Culture: African Textiles from the Norma Canelas and ... by Micots, Courtnay / African Arts 0813342457 The Iraqw of Tanzania; negotiating rural development. The Iraqw of Tanzania; negotiating rural development by Reference & Research Book News The tree has multiple names in Kenyan local languages: It is called Sandali in Swahili; Muthithi in Kikuyu, Ol asasiau in Maasai, and (in Tanzania) Kitandare in Chagga and Kipaat in Iraqw. Kenya: the poachers are back, but for a different victim; The illegal ... by Kabukuru, Wanjohi / New African			Iráklion Irala, Domingo Martínez de Iram Iran Iran hostage crisis Iran Islamic Republic Day Iran Petroleum Nationalization Anniversary Iran Victory Day of the Iranian Revolution Iran-Contra Affair Iran-Iraq War Irani, Abdul Rahman Ibn-Yahya Al- Iranian Iranian Communist Party Iranian Languages Iranian Plateau Iranian religions Iranian Revolution of 1905–11 Iranian Studies Iranians Irapuato Iraq Iraq Museum Iraq War Iraq, Communist Party of Iraqi Rebellion of 1920 Iraqw Iraqw Languages IRAS Irascibility Irazú Irbe Strait Irbid Irbil Irbistu Irbit Irbit Fair IRBM IrBUS IRC IRC client IRC penis war Irchan, Miroslav Irchi Kazak ircop Ird, Kaarel Ird, Kaarel Kirillovich IrDA IrDA Control IrDA Data IrDA port IrDA-C			Iraqi Security Forces Fund Iraqi Special Operations Forces Iraqi Special Warfare Center and School Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics Iraqi Stock Exchange Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company Iraqi Theater of Operations Iraqi Training Brigade Iraqi Transitional Government Iraqi Turkmen Rights Advocating Committee Iraqi Turkoman Front Iraqi Union of Journalists Iraqi Virtual Science Library Iraqi War Iraqi War Iraqi wars Iraqi wars Iraqi Workers' Communist Party Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone Iraqi-British Chamber of Commerce Iraqi-Iranian War Iraqi-Iranian War Iraqis Iraqnam Iraqnam Iraqui Iraqui Iraquios Iraquios Iraqw Iraqw Languages IRAR IRARC IRARS IRART IRAS IRAS IRAS IRAS IRAS IRAS IRAS Sky Survey Atlas IRASA irascibility irascibility irascibility irascible irascible irascible irascibleness irascibleness irascibly irascibly IRASE IRASEC Irasers Irasers Irasers IRASI IRASM

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