Zanaki people

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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.[1] Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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 (1920-2024), Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force 1980–1988Template:Sfn
  • 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

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