Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Meru (Wameru) are a Tanzanian ethnic and linguistic group native to the slopes of Mount Meru in Arusha Region. The Meru people share the same name with the Meru people of Kenya but are completely different ethnic groups each with their own unique history and identity. The Wameru people are said to have arrived to the slopes of the great mountain around 300 years ago coming from the Usambara Mountains in Tanga Region.
