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In Tanzania, the Wamanyema includes various smaller tribes which are independent culturally but with striking resemblance due to intermarriages, including the [[Wagoma]], [[Wabwari]], Waholoholo, Wabuyu, Wamasanze, [[Bangubangu]], Wabembe and so on. Swahili-Arab referred to them all as '''Al ghamawiyyun'''
In Tanzania, the Wamanyema includes various smaller tribes which are independent culturally but with striking resemblance due to intermarriages, including the [[Wagoma]], [[Wabwari]], Waholoholo, Wabuyu, Wamasanze, [[Bangubangu]], Wabembe and so on. Swahili-Arab referred to them all as '''Al ghamawiyyun'''


The Wamanyema people was for the greater part of the 19th century an Eldorado of the Swahili-Arab traders who traded gold, copper and other commodities from the hinterlands of Congo Basin in exchange for hamlet, spices and weapons.
The Wamanyema people was for the greater part of the 14th to 19th centuries an Eldorado of the Swahili-Arab traders who traded gold, copper and other commodities from the hinterlands of Congo Basin in exchange for hamlet, spices and weapons.


In the 20th century, they have made considerable contribution in fields such as soccer, music and politics.
In the 20th century, they have made considerable contribution in fields such as soccer, music and politics.

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Manyema Village in 1876

Manyema (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh)[1] people are a tall, powerful, nomadic and in the past, warlike Cushitic-Bantu people[1] in southeast of the Congo basin and in the Kigoma region of Western Tanzania who are believed to have migrated from Sudan and greater East Africa.

In Tanzania, the Wamanyema includes various smaller tribes which are independent culturally but with striking resemblance due to intermarriages, including the Wagoma, Wabwari, Waholoholo, Wabuyu, Wamasanze, Bangubangu, Wabembe and so on. Swahili-Arab referred to them all as Al ghamawiyyun

The Wamanyema people was for the greater part of the 14th to 19th centuries an Eldorado of the Swahili-Arab traders who traded gold, copper and other commodities from the hinterlands of Congo Basin in exchange for hamlet, spices and weapons.

In the 20th century, they have made considerable contribution in fields such as soccer, music and politics.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Manyema" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 626.