Vidunda people

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The Vidunda are a matrilineal Bantu ethnolinguistic group based in Kilosa District of Morogoro Region, Tanzania. The Vidunda live in south of Mikumi and north of the Great Ruaha River, including in the Uvidunda Mountains. The Vidunda population was estimated to number 90,000. [1] The Vidunda practice Christianity or Islam. [2]

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References

  1. "Vidunda". Ethnologue. Accessed 28 September 2019
  2. Weekes, Richard V. (1984-12-21). Muslim Peoples [2 Volumes]: A World Ethnographic Survey. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 104. ISBN   978-0-313-23392-0.