The Sandawe culture

The primary objective of this course is to understand the customs and rituals of Sandawe tribe living near Kondoa, Tanzania, between the Bubu and Mponde rivers.  Highlighting on the spiritual culture with an emphasis on animism, this course gives more emphasis on ceremonials and rituals of the Sandawe. Further, the course details on how the Sandawe maintain an identity separate from their neighbouring groups, and consider themselves the descendants of hunter-gatherer ancestors from Southern Africa.

As many aspects of Sandawe culture show the influence of their customs and beliefs, this course throws light on traditional way of praying to the spirits. The ceremonials and rituals differing from one another are explained in brief in the course. The importance of God Warange and the rituals to it portrays the strong religious belief of the Sandawe. Moreover, the course gives more insight on the rituals during harvest and courtship and unique curing rituals of Sandawe with their trances.

Course Highlights

Instruction Team

• Designed the Course with complete references to the discipline of social anthropology.
• Presenting key themes, theoretical debates, the historical development of the discipline, and ongoing questions.

Comprising of academic experts from our Southeast African Tribal Research Team, which determines what strategies should be implemented to help the student achieve success. With decades of experience working in the fields of education and social anthropological studies, the SEATR team has produced an excellent course curriculum that gives detailed information about the Sandawe rituals and ceremonies. Moreover, this research team has real-time experiences with the Sandawe tribe and hence the team has worked on how such course ideas can be produced, negotiated, and revised over time.