Yao people (East Africa)
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The Yao people are a Bantu ethnic group living at the southern end of Lake Malawi. The Yao are a predominantly Muslim-faith group of about two million, whose homelands encompass the countries of Malaw
Nine- to ten-year-old boys of the waYao tribe participating in circumcision and initiation rites (March 2005)
Yao dancing man, 1896
A Yao traditional doctor shows his homemade stethoscope he uses for treatment
A Yao woman brings her child to a well baby check where it receives an injection in a rural village in northern Mozambique
Niassa Province
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Niassa is a province of Mozambique with an area of 129,056 km2 and a population of 1,810,794. It is the most sparsely populated province in the country. Lichinga is the capital of the province. There
Yao people (East Africa)
…for ivory and grains, exchanged for clothes and weapons. They also traded in slaves. Yao kingdoms came into being, as Yao chiefs took control of the Niassa province of Mozambique in the 19th century. During that time, the Yao began to move from their traditional home to today's Malawi, which resulted in the Yao…
A street in Mandimba, Niassa, Mozambique
Lake Malawi in the part that corresponds to Mozambique