CHAPTER V. 
THE WANIKA. 
HE Wanika derive their designation from the 
X country in which they Hve. " Nika " mean- 
ing wilderness," the addition of the personal prefix 
" v/a," denotes the people, and the signification of 
the word therefore is men of the wilderness," or 
wilderness folk.'^ 
The " wa," however, is the Kisuahili, and not the 
Kinika prefix ; in the latter dialect it becomes " a," 
the full form being ^^Anika/' It has been pointed 
out that the country is divided into two sections ; so 
are the people. The break or fall in the mountain 
range at Duruma severs the two peoples. The south- 
erners take the name of the country they occupy, and 
are called Wadigo, while the northern people are desig- 
nated by the Wadigo " Alupanga." The northerners 
are divided into many sub-tribes, all taking the names 
of the districts in which they live. There are the 
Watai, the Waduruma, the Warabai, the Waribe, the 
Wakambe, the Wajibana, the Wachogni, the Wak- 
auma, and the Wageriami. Among the Wadigo, the 
tribe occupying the Shimba range are called Wash- 
