the formation of the state of Tanzania, President Julius Nyerere emphasised a need to construct a national identity for the citizens of the new country...
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Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the...
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Demographic features of the population of Tanzania include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious...
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Army of Tanzania Navy of Tanzania Air Force of Tanzania Local government in Tanzania History of Tanzania Current events of Tanzania Culture of Tanzania Cuisine...
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tribes in Tanzania, not including ethnic groups that reside in Tanzania as refugees from conflicts in nearby countries. These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin...
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music in Tanzania is constantly undergoing changes, and varies by location, people, settings and occasion. The five music genres in Tanzania, as defined...
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is the largest religion in Tanzania, with a substantial Muslim minority. Smaller populations of Animists, practitioners of other faiths, and religiously...
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Tanzania has a total of seventeen public holidays: eight religious holidays, three national holidays, two commemorating the death anniversaries of the...
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Maasai people (redirect from Maasai music and culture)
southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, near the African Great Lakes region. The Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), a member of the Nilotic language family...
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Zanzibar (redirect from Culture of Zanzibar)
Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small...
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Seychelles Culture of Somalia Culture of South Sudan Culture of Tanzania Culture of Uganda Culture of Zambia Culture of Zimbabwe Southern Africa Culture of Botswana...
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The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War (Kiswahili: Vita vya Kagera) and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, was fought between...
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Mbege (category Culture of Tanzania)
Mbege is a kind of banana drink traditional to the Chagga ethnic group of Tanzania located in Kilimanjaro region. It is an alcoholic drink made from fermented...
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Great Lakes state of Tanzania dates formally from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the...
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Tingatinga (painting) (category Culture of Tanzania)
originated in East Africa. Tingatinga is one of the most widely represented forms of tourist-oriented paintings in Tanzania, Kenya and neighbouring countries. The...
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Dar es Salaam (redirect from Masaki, Tanzania)
'Abode of Peace') is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over five...
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transgender (LGBT) people in Tanzania face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Homosexuality in Tanzania is a socially taboo topic,...
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Makonde art (category Culture of Tanzania)
people of northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, separated by the Ruvuma river. Art historians, dealers and collectors have created this genre of African...
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Makonde chess set (category Culture of Tanzania)
Makonde chess sets are made by the Makonde people of southwest Tanzania and Mozambique, carved in the Makonde's distinctive style. Chess sets were originally...
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Swahili culture is the culture of the Swahili people inhabiting the Swahili coast. This littoral area encompasses Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique, as well...
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Sufuria (category Culture of Tanzania)
regional variety of English, for a flat-based, deep-sided, lipped and handleless cooking pot or container. It is ubiquitous in Kenya, Tanzania and other Great...
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Ngoma music (category Culture of Tanzania)
Ngoma was the primary form of culture throughout the Great Lakes and Southern Africa. Today it is most notable in Tanzania, where it is deemed an official...
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National Arts Council (BASATA) under the Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Culture. List of Top Artist 2022: List of 2022 awards: Song, Bongo Flava Artist...
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media in Tanzania includes print, radio, television, and the Internet. The "Tanzania Communications Regulatory Act" of 2003 created the Tanzania Communications...
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Tanzanian Hip-hop, which is sometimes referred to Bongo Flava by many outside of Tanzania's hip hop community, encompasses a large variety of different...
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Region, Tanzania.It is home to Medieval Swahili ruins that have yet to be excavated. Historic Swahili Settlements National Historic Sites in Tanzania Swahili...
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the Tanzanian interior and the Swahili coast intensified the influence of Swahili culture and religion. Despite the importance of trade, the spread of Islam...
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politics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic, whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and...
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The Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports is a government ministry of Tanzania. The ministry was founded in 2006 by presidential notice, merging...
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Tanganyika African National Union (redirect from Tanzania African National Union)
the first President of Tanzania, serving from the 1960s to 1985. In 1962, Nyerere and TANU created the Ministry of National Culture and Youth. Nyerere...
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