Shambaa Woman Processing Grain C
Sambaa may be: * Shambaa people The Shambaa people, also called the Sambaa, Shambala, Sambala or Sambara (''Wasambaa'', in Swahili language, Swahili), are an ethnic group. The Sambaa people are related to the bondei people. Their ancestral home is on the Usambara Mountains of L ... * Shambala language {{dab ...
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Shambaa People
The Shambaa people, also called the Sambaa, Shambala, Sambala or Sambara (''Wasambaa'', in Swahili language, Swahili), are an ethnic group. The Sambaa people are related to the bondei people. Their ancestral home is on the Usambara Mountains of Lushoto District, Korogwe District, Tanga, Korogwe District and Bumbuli District. They are native to the valleys and eastern Usambara Mountains of Korogwe District, Korogwe Urban District and western Muheza District of northern Tanga Region of Tanzania. The word ''Shamba'' means "farm", and these people live in one of the most fertile Tanzanian region. ''Shambaai'' in Kisambaa language, Kisambaa means "where the banana's thrive". In 2001, the Shambaa population was estimated to number 664,000. Overview and origins The Shambaa lived on one of the numerous isolated mountain blocks of the Usambaras in the northeast, a "green island in a brown sea." According to their historian, "The Shambaa" are inhabitants of a distinct botanical habitat th ...
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