Nyakyusa

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The Nyakyusa are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern shores of Lake Malawi in southern Tanzania, known for their intensive agriculture and distinctive age-village social system.

All labels observed (1)

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Nyakyusa canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
agriculturalTechnique intensive hoe cultivation
manuring of fields
terracing on slopes
alsoKnownAs Nkonde
Nyakyusa-Ngonde
linked to: Nyakyusa language
colonialHistory British Tanganyika
German East Africa
country Malawi
Tanzania
culturalPractice age-grade ceremonies
initiation rites
dance communal dances at ceremonies
descentSystem patrilineal descent
economicActivity cattle keeping
ethnicGroupOf Tanzania
geographicFeature Great Rift Valley
Lake Malawi
housing compounds with separate huts
languageFamily Bantu languages
livelihood smallholder farming
mainCrops bananas
beans
maize
millet
sweet potatoes
marriagePattern patrilocal residence
music drum-based dance music
neighboringPeoples Kingoni
Ndali
Ngonde
Sukwa
notableAnthropologist Monica Wilson
oralTradition clan histories
primaryRegion northern shores of Lake Malawi
southern Tanzania
region Kyela District
Mbeya Region
Rungwe District
religion Christianity
traditional African religion
socialOrganization age sets
age-village system
speaks Nyakyusa language
studiedInWork Good Company: A Study of Nyakyusa Age-Villages
traditionalBeliefs ancestor veneration
spirit beliefs
traditionalSubsistence intensive agriculture

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fipa neighboringEthnicGroup Nyakyusa
Kyela languageSpoken Nyakyusa