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- noun A member of an
indigenous people ofTanzania . - proper noun The
Bantu language of this people.
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Examples
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Lenje chilala, n. "cultivated ground disused, fallow"; Sukuma lilala/ma - "fallow land"; Lamba icilala (ifi -) "fallow ground."
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We know, for instance, that Sukuma people who speak a language of the Takama branch of the Kati group also carried out these sorts of community-building strategies for both agriculture and in the construction of houses. 150 Clearly, further research on the topic should help us to discover things about the particular ways in which these customs were carried out in earlier eras.
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In the Sumbwa, Sukuma, and Wangoni areas, similar birthing religio-ritual "ituga" rites are detailed in Koritschoner, "Puberty Rites, Secret Association Rites, Rites Observed in the Healing of the Sick," in Native Affairs (Dar es Salaam: Tanzania National Archives, no date). back
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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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The Sukuma recognise various types of witchcraft, which are always thought of as deliberately planned.
Archive 2008-02-01 Christopher 2008
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Witchcraft is intrinsic to the Sukuma system of belief and way of life.
Archive 2008-02-01 Christopher 2008
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Control over restoring 700,000 local acres of denuded forests and grazing lands was given by the Tanzanian government to the Sukuma people and they now have higher household incomes, better diets, as well as increased populations of tree, bird, and mammal species ....
Joel Makower: Environmentalism as the Pathway from Poverty 2008
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The Sukuma recognise various types of witchcraft, which are always thought of as deliberately planned.
Witch Killing In Sukumaland Christopher 2008
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Witchcraft is intrinsic to the Sukuma system of belief and way of life.
Witch Killing In Sukumaland Christopher 2008
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"The wind does not break a tree that bends" - Sukuma proverb Africa
Brittle Strategies James Killus 2007
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