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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Mwera people</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 469,000 (2001)<sup id="cite_ref-ethno_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></th><td class="infobox-data">385,000 (2009)<sup id="cite_ref-ethno_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Mwera_language" title="Mwera language">Mwera language</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Majority <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni Islam</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">(small minorities of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> and <a href="/wiki/African_Traditional_Religion" class="mw-redirect" title="African Traditional Religion">African Traditional Religion</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Mwera people</b> are a <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples" title="Bantu peoples">Bantu</a> ethnic and <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Linguistic group">linguistic group</a>. They are native to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruangwa_and_Nachingwea_Districts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruangwa and Nachingwea Districts (page does not exist)">Ruangwa and Nachingwea Districts</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lindi_Region" title="Lindi Region">Lindi Region</a>. However they have also settled in northern <a href="/wiki/Mtwara_Region" title="Mtwara Region">Mtwara Region</a> and eastern <a href="/wiki/Ruvuma_Region" title="Ruvuma Region">Ruvuma Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, as well as along the <a href="/wiki/Ruvuma_River" title="Ruvuma River">Ruvuma River</a> between Tanzania and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawrence2009p113_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawrence2009p113-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanzania,_makonde_o_mwera,_maschera,_xix_secolo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg/220px-Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="423" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg/330px-Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg/440px-Tanzania%2C_makonde_o_mwera%2C_maschera%2C_xix_secolo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1698" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Mwera ceremonial Mask, Kilwa, Tanzania,</figcaption></figure> <p>According to their <a href="/wiki/Oral_tradition" title="Oral tradition">oral traditions</a>, the Mwera people are a Bantu people who originated around <a href="/wiki/Lake_Albert_(Uganda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Albert (Uganda)">Lake Albert</a> in north <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masabo1994p120-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They migrated south in the late medieval era, and reached <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malawi" title="Lake Malawi">Lake Malawi</a> (Nyasa). There they settled into two communities: the Mwera near Nyasa, and the coastal Mwera, who settled between the Lake and the Indian Ocean coast. The word <i>"Mwera"</i> literally means "inland dwellers" (far from coast). Those Mwera who live on the coast are called "Wamwera" by other Mwera people. They are known to be peaceful people, whose migration and population distribution has been historically affected by violence and seizure inflicted on them.<sup id="cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masabo1994p120-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, the Mwera population was estimated to number 469,000.<sup id="cite_ref-ethno_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They speak the <a href="/wiki/Mwera_language" title="Mwera language">Mwera language</a>, also called <i>Kimwera</i>, <i>Mwela</i> or <i>Chimwera</i>. This is a <a href="/wiki/Bantu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu language">Bantu</a> language that is part of the Niger-Congo family of languages.<sup id="cite_ref-ethno_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mwera language contains a <a href="/wiki/Hodiernal_tense" title="Hodiernal tense">hodiernal tense</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mwera_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mwera people have had a Traditional Religion that existed through the 19th century. With the arrival of the German colonial rule of Tanzania, the German Christian missionaries introduced Christianity among the Mwera, and gained converts. However, after the World War I, the British colonial rule of Tanzania began, which expelled all German missionaries. The Mwera missions were abandoned, Islamic missionaries filled the gap particularly in the coastal regions, gained Muslim converts and introduced <a href="/wiki/Polygyny" title="Polygyny">polygyny</a> among the Mwera people.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most contemporary Mwera adhere to Sunni Islam with small minorities practicing Christianity or their traditional religion.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mwera_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Society and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mwera do not keep cattle or domestic animals, as their traditional region has been infested with <a href="/wiki/Tsetse" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsetse">Tsetse</a> flies. They have hunted and fished instead. They live in clusters of oval huts made from wooden poles, grass thatch and local mud.<sup id="cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masabo1994p120-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contemporary society, the Mwera have adopted subsistence farming.<sup id="cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masabo1994p120-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A growing number of Mwera have also migrated to cities and work as wage laborers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Storytelling and riddles are important facets of the Mwera culture.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have rites of passage, such as <i>Likomanga</i> for boys, and <i>Chikwembo</i> for girls, which marks their entry into adulthood followed by a quick marriage shortly after the initiation.<sup id="cite_ref-Masabo1994p123_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masabo1994p123-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, women of the Mwera culture were known for their use of the <a href="/wiki/Lip_plate" title="Lip plate">lip plate</a>, in which the upper lip was pierced in girlhood and gradually enlarged over time to hold various sizes of solid plugs. In this way they shared similarities with the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Makonde_people" title="Makonde people">Makonde people</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-weule_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weule-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mwera_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mwera people, like the Makonde people who share the Rovuma valley, have a historic musical tradition. Their seven metal key <a href="/wiki/Lamellophone" title="Lamellophone">lamellophone</a> is notable, and is called a <i>Luliimba</i>. This device is notable because its design and construction features are strikingly similar to <i>Saron</i> found in Southeast Asia and South Asia, suggesting a possible historic cultural exchange between the coastal southern Africa and the coastal southeast Asia. It is unclear if the exchange was from Africa to Asia, or vice versa.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ways_of_Life">Ways of Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mwera_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ways of Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mwera area is one of the most sparsely populated regions in <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> with only ten people per square kilometer. Rainfall is very light and the rivers flowing through their homeland dry up during the dry season forcing people to depend on waterholes for their normal supply of water. </p><p>"Mwera" is a word which means "those living in the mainland" far from the coast. Generally Mwera are known to be very peaceful. They live in small oval-shaped huts with grass thatched roofs. Building a Mwera house is a family project. The men cut poles for framing the house, the women gather grass for thatching the roof and the young boys dig clay used to fill in the mud walls. </p><p>Tradition dictates that certain tree species cannot be used for building houses.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It seems the reason for this ban is the belief that an evil spirit would haunt such a house. The apparent benefit of the prohibition is protecting those selected trees from extinction. </p><p>The Mwera are mainly subsistence farmers with beautiful fields of maize and peanuts. Due to tsetse flies it is impossible to raise cattle. They get most of their meat from hunting and fishing. Cashew nuts are the main cash crop but marketing charcoal is good income too for those living within 20 kilometers of coastal cities. </p><p>The Mwera are a matrilineal society in which marriage requires the husband to move to the wife's premises. The children are named after the mother's brother, the maternal uncle who is responsible for important rituals and ceremonies. Both boys and girls go through traditional initiation rites which moulds their cultural identities as men and women. </p><p>Leisure time is filled with drinking tea and loitering around the shops in the market at the center of the village. It is a time to visit, play games, tell stories and take care of business. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mwera_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ethno-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ethno_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ethno_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ethno_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ethno_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mwe">Mwera: Languages of Tanzania</a>, Chimwera, Cimwela, Cimwera, Kimwera, Mwela</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFOlsonMeur1996" class="citation book cs1">Olson, James Stuart; Meur, Charles (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MdaAdBC-_S4C&q=tebu+people&pg=PA550"><i>The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary</i></a>. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. <span class="nowrap">413–</span>414. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-27918-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-27918-8"><bdi>978-0-313-27918-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Peoples+of+Africa%3A+An+Ethnohistorical+Dictionary&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E413-%3C%2Fspan%3E414&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-0-313-27918-8&rft.aulast=Olson&rft.aufirst=James+Stuart&rft.au=Meur%2C+Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMdaAdBC-_S4C%26q%3Dtebu%2Bpeople%26pg%3DPA550&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIliffe1979" class="citation book cs1">Iliffe, John (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3868821"><i>A modern history of Tanganyika</i></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-22024-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-22024-6"><bdi>0-521-22024-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/3868821">3868821</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+modern+history+of+Tanganyika&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1979&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F3868821&rft.isbn=0-521-22024-6&rft.aulast=Iliffe&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F3868821&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lawrence2009p113-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lawrence2009p113_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Lawrence2009" class="citation book cs1">David Lawrence (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jFASR-Ob0NUC&pg=PA113"><i>Tanzania and Its People</i></a>. New Africa Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">113–</span>114. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4414-8692-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4414-8692-9"><bdi>978-1-4414-8692-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tanzania+and+Its+People&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E113-%3C%2Fspan%3E114&rft.pub=New+Africa+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-4414-8692-9&rft.au=David+Lawrence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjFASR-Ob0NUC%26pg%3DPA113&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masabo1994p120-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Masabo1994p120_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTumbo-Masabo,_ZubeidaLiljeström,_Rita1994" class="citation book cs1">Tumbo-Masabo, Zubeida; Liljeström, Rita (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Anai%3Adiva-306"><i>Chelewa, chelewa: the dilemma of teenage girls</i></a>. Nordic Africa Institute. pp. <span class="nowrap">120–</span>121. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-91-7106-354-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-91-7106-354-0"><bdi>978-91-7106-354-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chelewa%2C+chelewa%3A+the+dilemma+of+teenage+girls&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E120-%3C%2Fspan%3E121&rft.pub=Nordic+Africa+Institute&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-91-7106-354-0&rft.au=Tumbo-Masabo%2C+Zubeida&rft.au=Liljestr%C3%B6m%2C+Rita&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Furn.kb.se%2Fresolve%3Furn%3Durn%253Anbn%253Ase%253Anai%253Adiva-306&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarries1947" class="citation journal cs1">Harries, Lyndon (1947). "Some riddles of the Mwera people". <i>African Studies</i>. <b>6</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">21–</span>34. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00020184708706725">10.1080/00020184708706725</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=African+Studies&rft.atitle=Some+riddles+of+the+Mwera+people&rft.volume=6&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E21-%3C%2Fspan%3E34&rft.date=1947&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F00020184708706725&rft.aulast=Harries&rft.aufirst=Lyndon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Masabo1994p123-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Masabo1994p123_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTumbo-Masabo,_ZubeidaLiljeström,_Rita1994" class="citation book cs1">Tumbo-Masabo, Zubeida; Liljeström, Rita (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Anai%3Adiva-306"><i>Chelewa, chelewa: the dilemma of teenage girls</i></a>. Nordic Africa Institute. pp. <span class="nowrap">122–</span>123. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-91-7106-354-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-91-7106-354-0"><bdi>978-91-7106-354-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chelewa%2C+chelewa%3A+the+dilemma+of+teenage+girls&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E122-%3C%2Fspan%3E123&rft.pub=Nordic+Africa+Institute&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-91-7106-354-0&rft.au=Tumbo-Masabo%2C+Zubeida&rft.au=Liljestr%C3%B6m%2C+Rita&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Furn.kb.se%2Fresolve%3Furn%3Durn%253Anbn%253Ase%253Anai%253Adiva-306&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-weule-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-weule_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeule1909" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Weule" title="Karl Weule">Weule, Karl</a> (1909). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=im4LAQAAIAAJ"><i>Native Life in East Africa</i></a>. Translated by Werner, Alice. Sir Pitman.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Native+Life+in+East+Africa&rft.pub=Sir+Pitman&rft.date=1909&rft.aulast=Weule&rft.aufirst=Karl&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dim4LAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMwera+people" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Uta Reuster-Jahn (2007), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30249996">The Mwera Lamellophone "Luliimba"</a>, <i>African Music</i>, Vol. 8, No. 1 (2007), pages 6-20</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Laurence Libin (2014), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199743391.001.0001/acref-9780199743391-e-4510">Luliimba</a>, The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0199743391" title="Special:BookSources/978-0199743391">978-0199743391</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output 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