Akie people

For the Japanese idol singer born as Akie Hattori, see Akie Yoshizawa. For the socialite and former first lady of Japan, see Akie Abe. For the other ethnic group sometimes called Akiek, see Okiek people. For the other language sometimes called Akiek, see Ogiek language.
Akie
Waakie
Total population
c. 5,268
Regions with significant populations
Tanzania

Manyara Region

(Hanang District)
Languages
Massai - adopted
Akie
Religion
Traditional African religions
Related ethnic groups
Hadza, Sandawe, Ogiek - who like their relatives in Tanzania are one of the perls of originally khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherer cultures.

The Akie (sometimes called Mósiro, which is an Akie clan name, or Akiek, which is also used for the Okiek) are a Tanzanian ethnic and linguistic people living in south western Simanjiro District of Manyara Region. In 2000 the Akie population was counted at 5,268. The Akie, like other hunter-gatherer peoples in Kenya and Tanzania, are sometimes called by the derogatory and misleading term Dorobo or Wandorobo. The Akie were featured by Bruce Parry in the BBC series "Tribe" (10th episode, 2007). They live around 150 miles south east of Olduvai Gorge

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