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- proper noun a people of
Tanzania - proper noun a
Bantu language spoken by this people
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It is likely he intended to write Nyamwezi—the main tribe from the area in northwest Tanzania where Mdisho was born.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Among the Mashariki languages, Sukuma and Nyamwezi, the same root forms the basis of the names for "fallow" and "new fields."
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Nyamwezi people from the Tanganyikan interior established a long-distance caravan trade to the Swahili coast, trading ivory for beads and cloth.
d. East Africa 2001
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Ivory trade thrived with the Nyamwezi in the central region, while wars encouraged slave trade in the southern region.
d. East Africa 2001
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The Nyamwezi trader Msiri arrived at Kazembe and used firearms to gain political power among the Lamba and the Sanga.
1848 2001
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Interior peoples, especially the Nyamwezi, Kamba, and Shambaa, took an active role in long-distance trade as porters to the coast.
d. East Africa 2001
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Nyamwezi traders from Tanganyika operated caravans from the coast to the eastern part of the Lunda Empire, trading for copper and ivory.
1848 2001
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Also eaten as a vegetable in Kiberenge, Sukumaland and among the Nyamwezi of Tanzania.
Chapter 7 1999
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London. 1455 pp. Table 1: Alphabetical list of medicinal plants from Tabora region with their vernacular (Nyamwezi) names, part (s) used and diseases treated
Chapter 7 1991
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The Nyamwezi genus penetrates south-west to within a short distance of Lake Rukwa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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