The Kwaya are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the

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of northern

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, on the southeastern shore of

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. In 1987 the Kwaya population was estimated to number 102,000.Ethnologue report for Tanzania
/ref> They are found at Musoma district.as it's their original area of residence as the word musoma itself came from the word "Omusoma" which is the kwaya word meaning a portion of land projecting into the lake .and the name of their tribe came from a bird known as eagle

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Ethnic groups in Tanzania Indigenous peoples of East Africa {{Tanzania-ethno-group-stub