- Kavango
The 'Kavango' people reside on the
Namibia n side of the Namibian-Angola n border.They are mainly riverine living people, but about 20% reside in the dry inland. Their livelihood is based on fishery,livestock -keeping and cropping (mainlyperlmillet /mahangu ). TheKavango Region of Namibia is named after the people.Politically they are divided into five kingdoms, each headed by a hompa or fumu. Traditional law is still in use and legitimized by the Namibian constitution. The Kavango-people are
matrilinear .The most common language spoken is
RuKwangali (inKwangali andMbunza territory); also spoken areShambyu ,Gciriku or sometimes referred to as Rumanyo andMbukushu in the corresponding territories.Their religion is mainly
Christian although traditional elements still have a place.Following the
Angolan Civil War , many Angolans (often referred to asNyemba , which is in fact only one of many Angolan peoples) immigrated to traditional Kavango territory. Kimbundus and Chimbundus are also some of the Angolan tribes that migrated to the Kavango region during the Angolan civil war. Also many san people live in the kavango region. They are the oldest inhabitants of the country.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Namibia Namibia at ethnologue.com] .
References
* Andreas Eckl, "Serving the Kavango Sovereigns' Political Interests. The Beginnings of the Catholic Mission in Northern Namibia", _LFM. Social sciences & missions_, no.14, July 2004, pp.9-46
*WAYITI ( Additions on the tribes that migrated from Angola and added another name for Rugciriku - one of the spoken languages in the kavango region)
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