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A short story of Tanzania hadzabe people

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  The Hadzabe People: Through Overview       Introductory Notes    Living mainly around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley in Tanzania, the Hadzabe (or Hadza) are a native hunter-gatherer people. Comprising about 1,000 to 1,300 people, they provide one of the last remaining societies supporting a foraging way of life and therefore give priceless knowledge about human evolution and cultural variety.   The last hunter gatherers in the nation are an old tribe of around one thousand surviving members living near Lake Eyasi in Tanzania.  Neighboring pastoral groups have encroached upon ninety percent of their traditional grounds. Despite efforts by the government and missionaries to assimilate them, all have proved unsuccessful.  Apart from insofar as 90% of human history we have all been hunter gatherers, it would be incorrect to define them as "primitive. This is a robust civilization that wants to carry on living in their ...