Bena

Africahorticulturalists
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The Bena are agriculturalists who live in two different ecozones in Tanzania. One is a high plateau where a large majority of the Bena live and the other is a plain, occupied by a small minority. The Bena speak a Southern Bantu language of the Niger-Congo language family. In pre-colonial times the Bena were organized into villages which were largely autonomous and warring. They were conquered by the Hehe and, in the late nineteenth century, became subject to German colonists.

Identifier
Region
  • Africa
Subregion
  • Eastern Africa
Subsistence Type
  • horticulturalists
Samples
Countries
  • Tanzania
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