Tanzania: Daughters of 'Maa' With Their Cultural Bomas

SINCE time in history the term 'Boma' has always been synonymous with the 'Maa' traditional home enclosure comprising of a number of huts, cattle pens all being fenced in usually an extended family compound under one elder.

Many myths have tried to explain that the word 'Boma' was actually coined from the English acronym 'BOMA' which was initialized from 'British Overseas Military Area,' or 'British Overseas Management Administration,' and similar connotations.

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