Sukuma people

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Sukuma

Sukuma dancers
Total population
10,210,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tanzania
Languages
Sukuma
Religion
Christianity, Islam, Traditional African religions[2]
Related ethnic groups
Nyamwezi, Kimbu and Sumbwa

The Sukuma are a Bantu ethnic group from the southeastern African Great Lakes region. They are the largest ethnic group in Tanzania, with an estimated 10 million members or 16 percent of the country's total population. Sukuma means "north" and refers to "people of the north." The Sukuma refer to themselves as Basukuma (plural) and Nsukuma (singular).