Chagga

/ˈtʃɑːɡə/ noun

Definition

A member of a Bantu-speaking people of Tanzania, or the language spoken by this group.

Etymology

The Chagga (also spelled Chaga or Jaga) are indigenous to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The word is derived from their own ethnonym, and their language belongs to the Bantu language family.

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The Chagga people live on Mount Kilimanjaro and developed remarkable agricultural terracing systems on the volcanic slopes—they created sustainable farming in one of Africa's most challenging environments centuries before modern conservation science.

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