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The Mwera are a matrilineal society in which marriage requires the husband to move to the wife's premises. The children are named after the mother's brother, the maternal uncle who is responsible for important rituals and ceremonies. Both boys and girls go through traditional initiation rites which
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The Mwera people have had a
Traditional Religion that existed through the 19th century. With the arrival of the German colonial rule of Tanzania, the German Christian missionaries introduced Christianity among the Mwera, and gained converts. However, after the World War I, the British colonial rule
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The Mwera are mainly subsistence farmers with beautiful fields of maize and peanuts. Due to tsetse flies it is impossible to raise cattle. They get most of their meat from hunting and fishing. Cashew nuts are the main cash crop but marketing charcoal is good income too for those living within 20
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literally means "inland dwellers" (far from coast). Those Mwera who live on the coast are called "Wamwera" by other Mwera people. They are known to be peaceful people, whose migration and population distribution has been historically affected by violence and seizure inflicted on them.
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flies. They have hunted and fished instead. They live in clusters of oval huts made from wooden poles, grass thatch and local mud. In contemporary society, the Mwera have adopted subsistence farming. A growing number of Mwera have also migrated to cities and work as wage laborers.
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Tradition dictates that certain tree species cannot be used for building houses. It seems the reason for this ban is the belief that an evil spirit would haunt such a house. The apparent benefit of the prohibition is protecting those selected trees from extinction.
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found in
Southeast Asia and South Asia, suggesting a possible historic cultural exchange between the coastal southern Africa and the coastal southeast Asia. It is unclear if the exchange was from Africa to Asia, or vice versa.
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with only ten people per square kilometer. Rainfall is very light and the rivers flowing through their homeland dry up during the dry season forcing people to depend on waterholes for their normal supply of water.
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Tanzania began, which expelled all German missionaries. The Mwera missions were abandoned, Islamic missionaries filled the gap particularly in the coastal regions, gained Muslim converts and introduced
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Leisure time is filled with drinking tea and loitering around the shops in the market at the center of the village. It is a time to visit, play games, tell stories and take care of business.
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language that is part of the Niger-Congo family of languages. The Mwera language contains a
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In 2001, the Mwera population was estimated to number 469,000. They speak the
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The Mwera area is one of the most sparsely populated regions in
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Harries, Lyndon (1947). "Some riddles of the Mwera people".
192:. They migrated south in the late medieval era, and reached
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Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
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149:. However they have also settled in northern
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572:The Mwera Lamellophone "Luliimba"
143:Ruangwa and Nachingwea Districts
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404:A modern history of Tanganyika
321:kilometers of coastal cities.
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120:African Traditional Religion
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2369:Ethnic groups in Tanzania
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636:Ethnic groups in Tanzania
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511:10.1080/00020184708706725
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587:Laurence Libin (2014),
439:Tanzania and Its People
436:David Lawrence (2009).
161:, as well as along the
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1959:Major Cities and Towns
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1885:Great Mosque of Kilwa
401:Iliffe, John (1979).
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141:. They are native to
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1914:Sanje ya Kati Island
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245:Society and culture
180:According to their
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2161:Songosongo Islands
1909:Songo Mnara Island
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131:Mwera people
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116:Christianity
23:Mwera people
19:Ethnic group
2346:Husni Kubwa
2311:Songo Mnara
2216:Lake Maliwe
1880:Songo Mnara
933:Kilimanjaro
552:Weule, Karl
194:Lake Malawi
186:Lake Albert
137:ethnic and
110:Sunni Islam
2363:Categories
2145:Lindi Town
1828:Songosongo
1813:Nanjirinji
1773:Lihimalyao
1649:Immigrants
1318:Ndengereko
332:References
167:Mozambique
73:Mozambique
2295:Kongowele
2219:Lake Mkoe
2056:Districts
2047:Capital:
1743:Kandawale
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1549:Nyanyembe
1516:Nyamwanga
1429:Shinyanga
1404:Ndendeule
270:lip plate
263:Chikwembo
259:Likomanga
188:in north
103:Majority
82:Languages
2114:Machinga
1864:Machinga
1798:Mingumbi
1793:Miguruwe
1778:Likawage
1758:Kipatimu
1748:Kinjumbi
1617:Zanzibar
1544:Nyamwezi
1447:Nyamwezi
1153:Morogoro
1128:Nyakyusa
1027:Barabaig
969:Machinga
898:Holoholo
589:Luliimba
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290:Luliimba
239:polygyny
232:Religion
218:Chimwera
159:Tanzania
98:Religion
55:Tanzania
2154:Islands
2124:Makonde
2104:Matumbi
1966:Kivinje
1894:Islands
1854:Matumbi
1783:Mandawa
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198:"Mwera"
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1366:Mambwe
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1285:Pangwa
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1242:Kerewe
1229:Mwanza
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1196:Mtwara
1181:Sagara
1176:Pogolo
1171:Luguru
1161:Kaguru
1105:Zanaki
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994:Ngindo
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2109:Mwera
2049:Lindi
1859:Mwera
1833:Tingi
1738:Chumo
1731:Wards
1672:Arabs
1621:Pemba
1587:Ngulu
1582:Mbugu
1564:Tanga
1521:Ndali
1414:Nindi
1409:Ngoni
1399:Mpoto
1376:Wanda
1361:Lungu
1348:Rukwa
1300:Pwani
1290:Wanji
1280:Manda
1270:Kinga
1209:Makua
1143:Sangu
1138:Safwa
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1123:Kimbu
1115:Mbeya
1085:Kuria
1080:Kabwa
1070:Ikoma
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1032:Iraqw
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961:Lindi
946:Ngasa
923:Vinza
855:Bende
850:Bembe
832:Shubi
771:Zinza
753:Geita
738:Rangi
672:Sonjo
662:Hadza
294:Saron
280:Music
222:Bantu
214:Mwela
135:Bantu
1356:Fipa
1313:Kami
1275:Kisi
1265:Bena
1237:Kara
1166:Kutu
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1057:Mara
1017:Akie
951:Pare
903:Jiji
888:Goma
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728:Gogo
667:Meru
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