Hadza people

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The Hadza, or Hadzabe (Swahili: Wahadzabe [wahad͜zabe]), is one of the last true nomadic hunter-gatherer societies on earth, a protected hunter-gatherer Tanzanian indigenous ethnic group, primarily based in Baray, an administrative ward within Karatu District in southwest Arusha Region. They live around the Lake Eyasi basin in the central Rift Valley and in the neighboring Serengeti Plateau. As descendants of Tanzania's aboriginal, pre-Bantu expansion hunter-gatherer population, they have probably occupied their current territory for thousands of years with relatively little modification to their basic way of life until the last century. They have no known close genetic relatives and their language is considered an isolate despite containing Swahili loanwords. When the Hadza first came into contact with European settlers in the late 19th century, governments and missionaries made many attempts to settle them by integrating farming and Christianity. These efforts have largely failed, and...

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