A P P E N D IX A
f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n r e s p e c t i n g t h e
W A -G IR Y AM A 1
T h e Wa-Giryama recognize the following subdivisions of
the Nyika tribes (see p. 103), of which for simplicity I only
give the Swahili names—-
Wa-Duruma inhabiting the Duruma country,
Wa-Rabai „ „ Rabai „
Wa-Ribe „ „ Ribe „
Wa-Kamba „ „ Sabaki „
and the Wa- Yibana, Wa-Chongi, and Wa-Kauma; the last
being the colony from among the Wa-Ribe settled in the
district of M’Kauma-Kendzi, in Northern Giryama.
On the northern limit (beyond the Kaumas) there are the
Wa-Sanye, the tribe reduced to servitude by the Gallas, and
now only speaking Galla, and on the southern side (beyond
Duruma), the Wa-Digo inhabiting the Digo country.
The following are the tribes best known to the Giryamas.
It is an interesting fact that the Dwarf dwellers of the
interior, discovered by Mr. Stanley and other travellers,
appear to have been already known to them.
1. Dwarfs o f the Interior, called in Giryama Abirikimo.
(Derivation, probably from the root wiri — little— int’umbiri,
monkey = mt’u mdogo, little man— and kimo, stature.)
2. Gallas. Agala, of Ugalani. With these are reckoned,
Alangula or Asanye; Usagidzuni (Sw. Usegegu).
3. Masai. Akwavi, also Wakwavi, of Masaini, poetically
1 Kwenyi fumo la Kungara,” the land of the shining spear.
Both the warlike Masai proper and the agricultural Wakwavi
are included in the Giryama term.
1 Taken, by kind permission, from the Rev. W. E. Taylor’s Vocabulary
o f the Giryama Language.