Gogo (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
גוגו (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Gogo (African people)
Other forms of name
Chigogo (African people)
Cigogo (African people)
Ugogo (African people)
nne Wagogo (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu-speaking peoples
Ethnology Tanzania
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q2575602
Library of congress: sh 85144805
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: African ethonyms and toponyms:p. 155 (Gogo)
  • Ethnologue:p. 174 (Gogo)
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 68 (Gogo (Chigogo))
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 57.
  • Myampala, M.E. The Gogo, 1995:p. 1-2 (Cigogo, Ugogo)
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Wikipedia description:

The Gogo, also known as Gongwe(Wagogo, in Swahili), are a Bantu ethnic group based in the Dodoma Region of central Tanzania. In 1992 the Gogo population was estimated to number 1,300,000.[1]. Their origin is in Nubia, in present-day Sudan.

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