UNYAMWEZI
, a region of See also:German See also:East See also:Africa, lying S. of See also:Victoria See also:Nyanza and E. of See also:Lake See also:Tanganyika
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It is mentioned as See also:early as the 16th See also:century by the Portuguese and by See also:Antonio Pigafetta, under the name Munemugi or " See also:Land of the See also:- MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
- MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
Moon," which is the exact See also:equivalent of the name—Wu-nya-mwezi—by
which the land is known to its own See also:people
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It is See also:part of the See also:plateau between the two See also:great rift-valleys of East Africa, is See also:rich in See also:woods and grass, and has many villages surrounded by well cultivated farms and gardens
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The western portions, however, are somewhat swampy and unhealthy
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The people of Unyamwezi, called Wanyamwezi, are See also:Bantu-negroes of See also:medium See also:size and See also:negroid features, but with See also:long noses and See also:curly rather than woolly See also:hair, suggestive of mixed See also:blood
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Dwelling on the See also:main road from See also:Bagamoyo to Tanganyika, the route by which J
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See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
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See also:Stanley and others travelled, and having from early times had commercial relations with the See also:Arabs, the Wanyamwezi are more civilized than the neighbouring races
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They practise See also:tattooing, See also:file or See also:extract the upper incisor See also:teeth, and load their legs and arms with See also:brass See also:wire rings
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The men look after the flocks and poultry, while the See also:women do the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:work
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They often keep bees; in some cases the hives are inside the huts, and the bees See also:form an efficient See also:protection against intruders
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See also:Inheritance is to the See also:direct issue, not as is often the See also:case among See also:Negro races to the See also:nephew
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In some parts, one of twins is always killed
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On Stanley's first visit in 1871, the See also:Zanzibar Arabs were predominant in the See also:country, but later the natives See also:rose and, under Mirambo, who from a See also:common See also:porter rose to be a conquering See also:chief—earning for himself the See also:title of the " See also:Black See also:Bonaparte "—a Negro See also:kingdom was formed
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Since 1890 the country has been under German See also:control and the See also:power of the native chiefs greatly curtailed
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As a people the Wanyamwezi are extremely vigorous and have shown great capacity for expansion, being energetic and enterprising
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See also:Johnston, The See also:Uganda See also:Protectorate (1902); Sir See also:Charles See also:Eliot, The East Africa Protectorate (1905)
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