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Chagga, n. (and a.)|ˈtʃægə|
Also Chaga, (in early use) Čaga, Jagga. Pl. Chagga(s).
[Chagga Chaga; in Chagga, the language is called Kichaga. Cf. *Wachagga n.]
1. a. (A member of) a people of northern Tanzania, formed from the migration of various groups to the southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. b. The Bantu language of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1848J. Rebmann Diary 14 May in Church Missionary Intelligencer (1849) I. i. 19/1 The Jaggas have some knowledge of the languages spoken on the coast. 1883R. N. Cust Sk. Mod. Lang. Afr. II. 339 The following are the Languages:..Chagga. 1886H. H. Johnston Kilima-Njaro Exped. v. 96 Peace prevailed among all the sections of the Čaga people inhabiting Kilima-njaro. 1924C. Dundas Kilimanjaro & its People i. 32 To these people the tribal name Chagga has been applied, the origin whereof is not known to me. 1928W. C. Willoughby Soul of Bantu i. 79 In the Chaga country (Kilimanjaro), when death robs a man of children borne to him by a foreign wife.., the diviner sometimes discovers that the woman's ancestors are thus demanding an offering. 1957C. G. Seligman Races Afr. (ed. 3) vii. 148 Such East African Bantu tribes as the Kamba, Taita, Kikuyu, and Chaga. 1972Times 18 Sept. 13/8 The banning of miniskirts or wigs or insistence that the Chagga wear trousers are futile gestures. 1976D. Topolski Muzungu xiii. 206 No Maasai pays money to a Chagga man. Ibid. 207 Her name was Rachel and she too was a Chagga.
2. A variety of coffee produced by the Chagga.
1965[see Mysore n.]. 1977C. Roden Coffee 67 Tanzanian is a fine coffee similar to Kenya... Most exquisite is Kibo Chagga, cultivated by the Chagga tribe in forest clearings on the cool and misty upper slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. 1982K. Anderson Pocket Guide Coffees & Teas 45 In Britain, Kenyan coffee is sometimes called Chagga, after the tribe that grows it on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. 1983L. Deighton Berlin Game iii. 18 This is pure chagga, ground just before it was brewed. |
