Zanaki people explained

The Zanaki are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group from the heart of Mara Region, Tanzania, to the east of Lake Victoria.^{[1] [2]} The group is subdivided into the Birus and the Buturis.

Group:	Zanaki(Aba-Zanaki)
Population:	200,000
Languages:	IkiZanaki, Kiswahili
Religions:	African Traditional Religion, Christianity
Related:	Abakuria, Abagusii, Ngurimi, Ikoma

Notable people

• Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), the founder and first president of Tanzania was a Zanaki and was the son of the King Burito Nyerere (1860–1942), who was chief of the Zanaki,^[3] and of Christina Mgaya wa Nyang'ombe (1891-1997).^[4]
• David Musuguri (*1923), Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force 1980–1988
• Joseph Sinde Warioba served as Prime Minister of Tanzania from 1985 to 1990. Furthermore, he served concurrently as the country's Vice President. He has also served as a judge on the East African Court of Justice, and as chairman of the Tanzanian Constitutional Review Commission since 2012

References

• Book: Molony, Thomas. Nyerere: The Early Years. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 2014. 9781847010902.

Notes and References

1. Book: Olson, James Stuart . James Stuart Olson . The peoples of Africa: an ethnohistorical dictionary . . 1996 . 609 . 0-313-27918-7 .
2. Web site: Zanaki.
3. Book: Clagett Taylor, James . The political development of Tanganyika . . 1963 . 95 . registration . 0-8047-0147-4.
4. Book: Nkulu, Kiluba L.. Serving the Common Good: A Postcolonial African Perspective on Higher Education. 2005. Peter Lang Publishing. 0-8204-7626-9. 63.