Lake Tanganyika , and Origin of the Name Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is 
Very large 
And deep
With many spaces
 of fish and animals.
One of the sources
Of finance of Bajoba
( Bavira, Babwari Babemba,
 Bamasanzi, Baswima
...etc.)
As they are majority cultivators 
And fishers. 
Tanganyika is the first lake 
with more spaces 
of fish in the World,  
Second biggest lake in Africa
And 
Second deepest lake in the World. 

Name Tanganyika is from Kijoba 
( Kitanga kye nyika) 
Which means the residence 
Of electric fish 
Which is called
 " Nyika" 
Many Bajoba were warning 
Swimmers about the dangerous
Electric fish in the lake. 

June 10th 2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe
 Mussabwa Chris 

Note: 
Bajoba: fishers 
Most tribes living the boundaries of lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, Burundi, DRCongo and Zambia. 
Their language is called Kijoba 
When you go to Bavira,
 They call it" kivira " 
Babwari call it "kibwari, " 
Babemba call it " kibemba "
but all are Bajoba 
Bantu with same 
Tradition and culture.

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