They are known to be peaceful people, whose migration and population distribution has been historically affected by violence and seizure inflicted on them.

However, after the World War I, the British colonial rule of Tanzania began, which expelled all German missionaries.

[3] Most contemporary Mwera adhere to Sunni Islam with small minorities practicing Christianity or their traditional religion.

They live in clusters of oval huts made from wooden poles, grass thatch and local mud.

[6] They have rites of passage, such as Likomanga for boys, and Chikwembo for girls, which marks their entry into adulthood followed by a quick marriage shortly after the initiation.

[9][10] The Mwera area is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Tanzania with only ten people per square kilometer.

The men cut poles for framing the house, the women gather grass for thatching the roof and the young boys dig clay used to fill in the mud walls.

Cashew nuts are the main cash crop but marketing charcoal is good income too for those living within 20 kilometers of coastal cities.

The children are named after the mother's brother, the maternal uncle who is responsible for important rituals and ceremonies.

Leisure time is filled with drinking tea and loitering around the shops in the market at the center of the village.