Farmers commonly grow cocoa beans, coconut cassava, black pepper and cinnamon.

Many of the larger farms have running water which are gravity fed from springs in the mountains.

Houses are similar to others in the region which are commonly made with stick frames filled with small rocks and covered over with mud.

ExpensesThe husband's additional wives also contribute to expensesddings and funerals are marked by the beating of the war drums.

Inheritance laws apply to coconut palms, but not to land, huts, and livestock.

Speakers are found in the Tanzanian villages of Bwiti and Magati at the base of the eastern Usambara mountains on the northern side, and in the Muheza district in the Tanga region.