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Kwere Information
Location:East central Tanzania near the coast
Population:50,000
Language:Kikwere (eastern Bantu)
Neighboring Peoples:Zaramo, Doë, Zigua, Luguru, Swahili
Types of Art:Kwere produce various wood sculptures, the best known of which are small doll-like figurines (mwana hiti).
History:The ancestors of Kwere peoples migrated into what is now Tanzania around 1000 A.D. from the south in the area of northern Mozambique. They moved into the area with their contemporary Ba ...
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