Manyema

Manyema (WaManyema) (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh)[1] are a powerful and, in the past, warlike Bantu people [1] in the southeast of the Congo basin in Nyangwe (Kasongo) in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo and in the city of Kigoma, Kigoma region of Western Tanzania around the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Manyema Village in 1876

Manyema, like the Nyamwezi, are descendants of porters during the height of the Arab trade in the Sultanate of Utetera[2]

Indeed, the area was for the greater part of the 19th century an Eldorado of the Arab slave raiders.[1]

WaSwahili in Ujiji town on the border between Tanzania & Democratic Republic of Congo, many of whom originally Manyema from central Congo, also identify themselves WaSwahili (a Bantu, Afro-Arab and Comorian ethnic group).[3]

In Tanzania, the Manyema includes various smaller tribes which are independent culturally but with some resemblance due to intermarriages include the Wagoma, Wabwari (ethnic group from Zaïre, now the Democratic Republic of Congo originating from Lake Tanganyika),[4] Wabuyu (Eastern Pende),[5] Wamasanze, Bangubangu (Eastern Luba),[6] Wabembe (Eastern Mongo):[7] all originally descending from Congo.

See also

References
  1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Manyema" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 626.
  2. Tripp, Aili Mari (2021-01-08). Changing the Rules: The Politics of Liberalization and the Urban Informal Economy in Tanzania. Univ of California Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-520-32741-2.
  3. Lindström, Jan (2019-08-01). Muted Memories: Heritage-Making, Bagamoyo, and the East African Caravan Trade. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78920-173-4.
  4. Lemarchand, Rene (1996-01-26). Burundi: Ethnic Conflict and Genocide. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56623-0.
  5. Hendrix, Valeene (2019-04-10). "Buyu (Basikasingo) People - Discover African Art". Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  6. PeopleGroups.org. "PeopleGroups.org - Bangobango of Congo (Kinshasa)". peoplegroups.org. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  7. Stellaractive (2017-05-25). "Bembe People - Discover African Art". Retrieved 2022-07-11.
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