Manyema (WaManyema) (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh), are a powerful and, in the past, warlike

Bantu Bantu may refer to: *Bantu languages, constitute the largest sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages *Bantu peoples, over 400 peoples of Africa speaking a Bantu language *Bantu knots, a type of African hairstyle *Black Association for Nationali ...

people in the southeast of the

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in Nyangwe (

Kasongo Kasongo, also known as Piani Kasongo, is a town and a Territory, located in the Maniema Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Geography Kasongo lies east of the Lualaba River, northwest of its confluence with the Luama River ...

) in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo and in the city of Kigoma, Kigoma region of Western Tanzania around the shores of

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. Manyema, like the Nyamwezi, are descendants of porters during the height of the Arab trade in the Sultanate of Utetera Indeed, the area was for the greater part of the 19th century an Eldorado of the Arab slave raiders. 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

, Afro-Arab and Comorian ethnic group). 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

), Wabuyu (Eastern Pende), Wamasanze,

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(Eastern Luba), Wabembe (Eastern Mongo): all originally descending from

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