To this figure we must adhere some people (less of 300 each) that hailed be of "Tanganyika" and "Zanzibar Islanders" descend.
[2] A drought in Tanzania during the early 1980s caused a worsening of economic conditions in the country and motivated some people to emigrate, arriving in the United States in appreciable numbers beginning in 1986 with the arrival of 370 Tanzanians.
[3] Based on 2009-2011 data, 20,837 Tanzanians lived in the United States in these years.
[3] Many of them are students and professionals who came to the city to pursue an advanced degree or work for an employer that sponsored their entry into the United States.
[3] Some of the Tanzanians have returned to their home country a few years after arriving in the U. S.[3] Religion plays an active role in the lives of many Tanzanian Americans in Chicago.