REMEMBER YOUR ROOTS

Know your roots 
Sometime when you hear 
about the big population of Wayao 
in Eastern and Southern Africa 
with many kind chiefs 
and one king.
You will say 
They are so wise , 
With a strong leadership.
When you read the history of the yao people 
And find out about the creation of their language.
How they could mix Ndendeule, Nindi
Matengo, and Kiswahili 
to make Kiyao 
"or Chiyao " 
You can think of the wisdom of those ancestors? 
Don't forget about  the coalition of Matengo,  Nindi
 and Ndendeule people who made the current Yao people  who are in Tanzania , Mozambique,  
Malawi , Zambia , South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Yao people are among african peaceful , sociable 
and powerful nations who can tolerate 
attacks of the weak nations
for a long period while preparing to silence
the attackers systematically. 
When you provoke Yao people many times 
You will regret one time 
and learn a good lesson.  

Don't forget some group of yao people
who left Mozambique to South Africa 
In 1870 after the war against the  coalition of makua, 
Lomwe and mwenyemaliya people on the Yao mountain
now they are among the Zulu nation.

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