Wayao
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/44751
- Name (English)
- Wayao
- Short name
- Yao people
- Short Description
- "The Yao people, waYao, are a major Bantu ethnic and linguistic group based at the southern end of Lake Malawi, who played an important part in the history of Southeast Africa during the 19th century. The Yao are a predominantly Muslim people of about 2 million spread over three countries, Malawi, northern Mozambique, and in Ruvuma Region and Mtwara Region of Tanzania. The Yao people have a strong cultural identity, which transcends the national borders." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- siu
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