9 to 10 year old boys of the Yao tribe participating in circumcision and initiation rites (March 2005).

The waYao, or Yao, is a major ethnic and linguistic group based at the southern end of Lake Malawi, with an estimated 1,000,000 speakers in Malawi, 495,000 in Mozambique, and 492,000 in Tanzania. The nationality's traditional homeland is located between the Rovuma and the Lugenda Rivers in northern Mozambique. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1086x720, 249 KB) en:: Initiation Ritual in Malawi Uploaded on April 4, 2005 by Steve Evans (babasteve) --Atamari 20:19, 29 May 2005 (UTC) Source: http://flickr. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1086x720, 249 KB) en:: Initiation Ritual in Malawi Uploaded on April 4, 2005 by Steve Evans (babasteve) --Atamari 20:19, 29 May 2005 (UTC) Source: http://flickr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Ruvuma River (formerly also known as the Rovuma River) forms the greater part of the boundary between the countries of Tanzania and Mozambique. ...

The Yao moved into what is now the southern region of Malawi around the 1830s, when they were active as slave traders for the Swahili Arab slave traders on the coast of Mozambique. Rich in culture, tradition, and music, the Yao are primarily Muslim, and count among their famous progeny a former President of the Republic of Malawi, Bakili Muluzi. Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria... Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see Kiswahili for a discussion of the nomenclature) is an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943) was the president of Malawi from 1994 until 2004. ...

They speak a Bantu language known as Chiyao ("Yao language", chi meaning "language"), Achawa, Adsawa, Adsoa, Ajawa, Ayawa, Ayo, Ayao, Djao, Haiao, Hiao, Hyao, Jao, Veiao, or Wajao. Bantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. ...

Other major languages of Malawi include Chichewa and Chitimbuka. They also speak the official language of the countries they inhabit, English in Malawi and Portuguese in Mozambique. Chichewa is the official national language of the Republic of Malawi. ... Tumbuka language edition of Wikipedia The Tumbuka language is a Bantu language which is spoken in parts of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...