Manyema
Manyema (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh)[1] people are a tall, powerful, nomadic and in the past, warlike Sudanic-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 (from the hinterlands of Congo Basin) and cattle in exchange for slaves, spices and weapons.
In the 20th century, they have made considerable contribution in fields such as soccer, music and politics.
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References
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 626.