Sukuma
The Sukuma people (formerly Wasukuma or Wassukuma ) have their settlement area on the south bank of Lake Victoria in Tanzania . About three million people live here. The Sukuma are one of the largest ethnic groups in Tanzania, they make up about 13 percent of the total population. There is a relationship with the Nyamwezi people . Mwanza is an important center of Sukuma .
language
The Sukuma speak the Bantu language named after them, Sukuma . There are approximately 5.4 million L1 speakers. Sukuma is written using the Latin writing system .
economy
The Sukuma predominantly practice agriculture, fishing and cattle breeding.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Weule : Wassukuma, Wasukuma, in: Henry snow (ed.): Deutsches colonial-Lexikon , volume 3, source & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, pp 689 et seq.
literature
- Frans Wijsen, Ralph Tanner: "I Am Just a Sukuma": Globalization and Identity Construction in Northwest Tanzania. Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam / New York 2002, ISBN 978-9042015883
Web links
Commons : Sukuma - collection of images, videos and audio files
