Mbugwe (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Mbugwe (African people)
Other forms of name
Mbugue (African people)
Wambugwe (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Tanzania
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3892618
Library of congress: sh2007002050
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Shehu, J. Coping with changing conditions of the life and work, 2001:t.p. (Mbugwe women) p. 11 (Wambugwe; live in Mbugwe Division, Babati District, Tanzania)
  • Art & Architecture Thesaurus, March 12, 2007(Mbugwe; variants: Mbugue, Wambugwe)

Wikipedia description:

The Mbugwe are a Bantu ethnic group based in the Babati District of Manyara Region and in southwestern Arusha Region of Tanzania. The Mbugwe are said to have originated from the Rangi and they speak a language that is related to Rangi. In 1999, the Mbugwe population was estimated to number 24,000. They speak the Mbugwe language, the following are places where Mbugwe tribe at the Manyara region are distributed in Mwada, Magugu, Babati etc.

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