Vadoma

vaDoma
Vadoma people with ectrodactyly
Regions with significant populations
Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwe16,000?[1]
Languages
Dema, Korekore Shona, Kunda
Religion
Seventh-Day Adventist, African Traditional Religion
Related ethnic groups
Khoisan, Shona

The Doma or vaDoma (singular muDoma), also known as Dema or Wadoma,[2] are a tribe living in the Kanyemba region in the north of Zimbabwe, especially in the Hurungwe and Chipuriro districts around the basins of Mwazamutanda River, a tributary of the Zambezi River Valley. They are the only traditional hunter-gatherers indigenous to Zimbabwe and are famous for the inherited ectrodactyly existing among some vaDoma families at much higher rates than typical globally.

  1. ^ Project, Joshua. "Doma, Vadoma in Zimbabwe".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Farrell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).