Wagogo

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Wagogo pl (plural only)

  1. The Gogo people of Tanzania.
    • 1910, James George Frazer, Totemism and Exogamy:
      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.

Adjective

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Wagogo (not comparable)

  1. Gogo.
    • 2004 February 27, Ken Hunt, The Guardian:
      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.