The Nyamwezi genus penetrates south-west to within a short distance of Lake Rukwa. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Also eaten as a vegetable in Kiberenge, Sukumaland and among the Nyamwezi of Tanzania. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The Nyamwezi trader Msiri arrived at Kazembe and used firearms to gain political power among the Lamba and the Sanga. From Wordnik.com. [1848] Reference
Ivory trade thrived with the Nyamwezi in the central region, while wars encouraged slave trade in the southern region. From Wordnik.com. [d. East Africa] Reference
It is likely he intended to write Nyamwezi—the main tribe from the area in northwest Tanzania where Mdisho was born. From Wordnik.com. [Storyteller] Reference
Among the Mashariki languages, Sukuma and Nyamwezi, the same root forms the basis of the names for "fallow" and "new fields.". From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
Interior peoples, especially the Nyamwezi, Kamba, and Shambaa, took an active role in long-distance trade as porters to the coast. From Wordnik.com. [d. East Africa] Reference
Nyamwezi traders from Tanganyika operated caravans from the coast to the eastern part of the Lunda Empire, trading for copper and ivory. From Wordnik.com. [1848] Reference
Nyamwezi people from the Tanganyikan interior established a long-distance caravan trade to the Swahili coast, trading ivory for beads and cloth. From Wordnik.com. [d. East Africa] Reference
London. 1455 pp. Table 1: Alphabetical list of medicinal plants from Tabora region with their vernacular (Nyamwezi) names, part (s) used and diseases treated. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
It is one which occupies the inland territories of German East Africa, between the Swahili coast dialects on the east and the domain of the Nyamwezi (No. 11) on the west. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The Nyamwezi backed out, and we heard whispering outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
One of our Nyamwezi porters suddenly made a great shout of "Hodi!". From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
Nyakyusa, Nyamwezi, and Chaga have more than 1 million members each. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Bring the Nyamwezi here!" he ordered, and the askaris hustled him up in front of the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
The prefix “Nya” in Nyamwezi seems to mean place or locality, as Mya does on the Zambesi. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death]
The majority of Tanzanians, including such large tribes as the Sukuma and the Nyamwezi, are of Bantu stock. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The lieutenant yelled for an interpreter, and a Nyamwezi who knew German rose from the front bench and came and stood beside her. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
Then the commandant faced them all, and made a speech with that ash-can voice of his -- first in German, then in the Nyamwezi tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
Now that he faced nemesis the strength of native fatalism came to his rescue, bolstering up the pride that every uncontaminated Nyamwezi owns. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
"But for your uninvited interruption the Nyamwezi would have had a better hearing!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
He's a first-class Nyamwezi, from German East. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
I am Nyamwezi. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
Nyamwezi people. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 56] Reference
Msiri, Nyamwezi trader. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 51] Reference
"Are you a Nyamwezi?. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Trail] Reference
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