The Nyakyusa (also called the Sokile) are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group who live in the mountains of southern Mbeya Region of Tanzania and the Northern Region of Malawi. They speak the Nyakyusa language, a member of the Bantu language family.
Belief system God
The traditional god of the Nyakyusa people is called Kyala, which is the name for God in the Nyakyusa language.
See also List of ethnic groups in Tanzania History of Tanzania History of Malawi
References
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