The Tribal Society

The Hadza, or Hadzabe (Wahadzabe in Swahili), are a protected hunter-gatherer ethnic group indigenous to Tanzania. They reside primarily in Baray, an administrative ward within the Karatu District in the southwest Arusha Region. Their territory spans the Lake Eyasi basin in the central Rift Valley and the neighboring Serengeti Plateau. As descendants of Tanzania’s original pre-Bantu expansion hunter-gatherer population, the Hadza have likely occupied their current territory for thousands of years, maintaining their traditional way of life with minimal changes until the last century. They have no known close genetic relatives, and their language is considered an isolate, making their culture and traditions unique. The Hadza’s first contact with Europeans…