Definition of Washenzi. Meaning of Washenzi. Synonyms of Washenzi

- by coastal Arabs, although the Muslim Swahili locals preferred to use washenzi ("uncivilized") for the pagan people of the interior. The poet Camões used...
- among Arabs. Black African slaves were referred to as ugly and uncivilised washenzi ("barbaric savages"), and while female Africah slaves were ****ually abused...
- Swahili language. They were called Wangwana in Swahili, as opposed to the Washenzi (lit. 'savages') of the local Bantu po****tion. With the expansion of European...
- confiscated books and ledgers, recorded repeated deliveries to a 'mshenzi'(pl: washenzi' a general Swahili ascription of inland people by coastal dwellers, indicating...
- were hostile to Europeans reaching Unyamwezi. In 1847 they arranged for Washenzis to kill a French trader, Mr. Maison, on his way to the interior. The missionaries...