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Headmen like the chiefs are said to be selected from members of the chief's clan (Goma Clan for the senior chief's area). Senior chiefs usually are headmen before being senior chiefs. While these clans in Zambia are matrilineal in nature, the same tribes which are based in Malawi have a patrilineal lineage. [2]
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:
Akans are the largest ethnic group in Ghana. They are made of the Akyems or Akims, Asantes , Fantis , Akuapims , Kwahus , Denkyiras , Bonos , Akwamus , Krachis, etc. The Serer people of Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania are bilineal, but matrilineality ( tiim , in Serer ) is very important in their culture, and is well preserved.
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
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.
These two tribes are now the descendants of the two brothers. They are relatives and all of the members of the two tribes know their relationships to one another. The senior group, by establishing itself as such, is then in the position to command respect and a certain amount of deference from the junior group.
The Luvale people, also spelled Lovale, Balovale, Lubale, as well as Lwena or Luena in Angola, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola. They are closely related to the Lunda and Ndembu to the northeast, but they also share cultural similarities to the Kaonde to the east, and to the Chokwe and Luchazi ...
The Chitimukulu is the King or Paramount Chief of the Bemba, the largest ethnic group in Zambia. [1] All Chitimukulus, as well as lesser Bemba chiefs, are members of the Bena Ng'andu (English: Crocodile Clan). Potential successors to the ruling Chikimukulu are chosen from the various Bemba chiefs. [2]