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Nyamwezi

(Wanyamwezi), the largest people of Tanzania; living between Lakes Victoria and Rukwa. Their population, together with other related peoples (Sukuma, Sumbwa, Konongo, and others), is approximately 2 million (1967, estimate). They speak Kinyamwezi (Nyamwezi), a member of the eastern group of Bantu languages. Most of the Nyamwezi profess the Islamic faith (Sunnite sect); some are Christians. The basis of their economy is hoe farming (corn, rice, beans, sweet potatoes, and other crops). A considerable number of the Nyamwezi go to sisal plantations, mines, and cities in search of wages. In the middle of the 19th century the Nyamwezi, under the leadership of Mirambo, put up armed resistance against the slave traders (Arabs and Swahilis).

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Ismagilova, R. N. “Etnicheskii sostav i zaniatiia naseleniia Tangan’ika.” In Afrikanskii etnograficheskii sbornik, vol. 2. Moscow, 1958.
Blohm, W. Die Nyamwezi. Vol. 1: Land und Wirtschaft. Hamburg, 1931.
Malcolm, D. W. Sukumaland: An African People and Their Country. Oxford, 1953.

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The mention of Kingdom and Empire formation by the Asante, Hausa, Nyamwezi, Banyoro and Zulu are not mentioned plus such mercenary activities as those conducted by the Ngoni Ruga Ruga warriors.

Alfred Nhema and Paul Zeleza, (eds). The Roots of African Conflicts: ... by Lilian, Linda / African Studies Quarterly

Tabora, the former Unyanyembe, located in the heart of the Nyamwezi region, at that time was an important base for the Swahili Arabs on their trade route into the Eastern Congo.

African Art at the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Vienna by Plankensteiner, Barbara / African Arts

Moreau personally observed the following at Amani, a settlement in the present Tanga region: (1) At Amani when a Nyamwezi died his funeral was conducted not by his fellow-tribesmen, who are quite numerous in the neighborhood, but by Ngoni living here .

African imaginations of moral economy: notes on indigenous economic ... by Tsuruta, Tadasu / African Studies Quarterly

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