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Fernando, Manzambi Vuvu (2001) 'Estudo das colecções etnográficas dos museus de Angola numa perspectiva histórica e antropológica', Africana Studia, 4, 121–147. Lopes, Carlos (1989) Éducation, science, culture et communication en Angola, Cap-Vert, Guinée Bissau, Mozambique et São Tomé et Principe. Paris: UNESCO.
Under bilateral descent, every tribe member belongs to two clans: one through the father (a patriclan, called oruzo) and another through the mother (a matriclan, called eanda). [12] Himba clans are led by the eldest male in the clan. Sons live with their father's clan, and when daughters marry, they go to live with the clan of their husband.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Angola" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ambundu; B.
A map of Angola showing majority ethnic groups (Bakongo area is north, dark green). Kongo oral tradition suggests that the Kingdom of Kongo was founded before the 14th century and the 13th century. [23] [24] The kingdom was modeled not on hereditary succession as was common in Europe, but based on an election by the court nobles from the Kongo ...
Ethnical map of Angola (Ambundu area marked yellow) The Ambundu or Mbundu [1] (Mbundu: Ambundu or Akwambundu, singular: Mumbundu [2] [3] (distinct from the Ovimbundu) are a Bantu people who live on a high plateau in present-day Angola just north of the Kwanza River.
Their trading and resources brought them relative wealth in comparison with other neighboring tribes. By 1900, the Chokwe had overthrown the Lunda kingdom (also called the Mwata Yanvo) altogether. With this, the Chokwe language and sociopolitical influence began to dominate northeastern Angola and the other 11 tribes of the former Lunda kingdom ...
The Ovambo consist of a number of kindred Bantu ethnic tribes who inhabit what was formerly called Ovamboland. In Angola, they are a minority, accounting for about two percent of the total Angolan population. [7] In the early 21st century, the Ovambo ethnic group numbered about 2 million people.