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While these clans in Zambia are matrilineal in nature, the same tribes which are based in Malawi have a patrilineal lineage. [2] The Nyirendas, Kumwendas, Lungus, Zimbas who migrated to Malawi have had a partrineal system of chieftainship.
"Matrilineal" means kinship is passed down through the maternal line. [1] The Akans of Ghana, West Africa, are Matrilineal. Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana.
Traditional Bemba society is matrilineal, and close bonds between women or a mother and daughter are considered essential. [14] Bemba culture is not homogenous. There are two broad groups, one who call Luapula province home and another based in the Copperbelt. The Bemba communities in the Copperbelt were
Zambia has many indigenous tribes spread across its ten provinces. [1] [failed verification] This is an incomplete list of these tribes arranged in alphabetical order:
The Kunda Language is one of the seventy-two (72) ethnic tribes and dialects officially recognized by the government of the Republic of Zambia. However, due to many similarities with the Nsenga language or even Chewa , some publications like the Ethnologue have erroneously listed it as a dialect of these two languages.
In anthropology, the matrilineal belt is an area in Africa south of the equator centered in south-central Africa where matrilineality is predominant. The matrilineal belt runs diagonally from the Atlantic to the Indian ocean, crossing Angola , Zambia , Malawi and Mozambique .
The Lungu are a tribe of two Bantu ethnic groups i.e. the Lungu of Chief Tafuna (Mambwe-Lungu) and the Lungu of Chief Mukupa Kaoma (Malaila-Lungu). The Mambwe Lungu, who are the main focus of this article are located primarily on the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika in Rukwa Region's Kalambo District, Tanzania and northeastern Zambia mainly in Mpulungu and Mbala district.
The Lunda were allied to the Luba, and their migrations and conquests spawned a number of tribes such as the Luvale of the upper Zambezi and the Kasanje on the upper Kwango River of Angola. [1] The Lunda people's heartland was rich in the natural resources of rivers, lakes, forests and savannah. Its people were fishermen and farmers, and they ...