surviving children of NyerereBurito, the chief of the Zanaki people. Burito had been born in 1860 and given the name "Nyerere" ("caterpillar" in Zanaki)
Buturis. Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), the founder and first president of Tanzania was a Zanaki and was the son of the King BuritoNyerere (1860–1942), who
and was the first language of Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, son of the King BuritoNyerere (1860–1942). Zanaki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription