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Bena people

Bena people

Ethnic group from Njombe Region of Tanzania

Not to be confused with Banna people.

The Bena are Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in the Njombe Region of south-central Tanzania who speak the Bantu Bena language. In 2001, the Bena population was estimated to number 670,000.[1]

Groups include the Bena of Njombe highlands and their offshoot, the Bena of Ulanga.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Tanzania | Ethnologue".
  2. [2]
    Culwick, G. M. (November 1935). "Pottery Among the Wabena of Ulanga, Tanganyika Territory". Man. 35 (184–185): 165–169. doi:10.2307/2789855. JSTOR 2789855.


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