The Chagga are a Bantu ethnic group from Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. They are the third-largest ethnic group in Tanzania. They historically lived in sovereign Chagga states on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in both Kilimanjaro Region and eastern Arusha Region.
Mangi Meli of Moshi's Boma with traditional late 19th century Chagga aesthetic and architecture c.1890s
Mandara, Sultan of the Chagga, Moshi.
Chief Meli, 1890s.
A Chagan cave (modified) to hide during tribal wars
The Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central Africa to Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa.
Reconstructing the dispersal of Bantu-speaking populations.
Unmarried Zulu women in Southern Africa