Nyamwezi

…He was a chief who united the Nyamwezi people who lived in what is now central-western Tanzania in East Africa. As a boy, he was captured by a Ngoni tribe that had migrated north from South Africa. He learned their military organization and expanded his power by strengthening the Nyamwezi people, who were divided into small groups led by chiefs and lacked political unity. …

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…東アフリカ，現在のタンザニア中西部に住むニャムウェジ族Nyamweziを統合した大首長。少年のころ，南アフリカから北上して来たヌゴニ族の軍団の捕虜となったが，彼らの軍事組織を学び，首長に率いられた小集団に分かれて政治的統一に欠けていたニャムウェジ族の強化を図って勢力を拡大した。…

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