Wagogo

Meanings

nounWagogo pl (plural only)

pluralplural onlyThe Gogo people of Tanzania.
The Wagogo think that if a person kills or eats the in effects animal which is the totem of his clan, he thereby endangers his relations, but not himself.
1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy

adjectiveWagogo (not comparable)

not comparableGogo.
Hukwe Zawose, who has died aged 65, was the most prominent musician in the international appreciation of Tanzania's complex musical traditions; at home, he was renowned for championing traditional Wagogo musical culture.
2004 February 27, Ken Hunt, The Guardian

From Gogo Wagogo, from wa- (“class prefix”) + -gogo (“noun stem pertaining to the Gogo people”).

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