Tanzania Profile.pdf - WorldMap

Nyamwezi who live to the south. Although the Sukuma are the largest people group in Tanzania,it is made up of many smaller, distinct clans.Witchcraft has historically played a major part of Sukuma culture and still has an impact on thepeople today. Fear has prompted the killings of hundreds of accused witches from the 1960s upuntil today.Christian mission work began in the area in the early 1900s with the Africa Inland Mission. Laterthe Anglican's Church Missionary Society started work in the area. The Baptist Mission beganwork in the late 70s and early 80s. Today more than 2% of the Sukuma people are evangelicalChristian. The Bible, the Jesus film, and Gospel recordings are available in their language, butthere are no radio broadcasts.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/sukSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=15045Source: http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2008/02/03/107606.htmlSource: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/572301/SukumaSource: http://www.mwanzacommunity.org/sukumaenglish.htmlSource: http://www.strategyleader.org/profiles/sukuma.html15046Sumbwa (236,241 in 2009)The Sumbwa people live in the Bukombe District of Shinyanga region in northwestern Tanzania.The Sumbwa people primarily practice their traditional religion. Less than 2% are evangelicalChristian. The Bible is not available in their language, nor is the Jesus film. There are Gospelrecordings available but no radio broadcasts.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=TZ&rop3=109603Source: http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/suwSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=1504615051Taveta, Taita-Taveta (18,769 in 2009)Most of the Taveta people live in Kenya, but some live just across the border in the Kilimanjaroregion of Tanzania. Christianity is the predominant religion, but less than 2% are thought to beevangelical.The New Testament and other portions of the Bible were translated into Taveta more than acentury ago. The Jesus film as not been translated into their language, and there are no Gospelrecordings or radio broadcasts.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=TZ&rop3=109894Source: http://www.worldmap.org/countryG.php?rog3=TZSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=15051