Mambwe
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The Mambwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in southwestern Tanzania
and northeastern Zambia
. In 1987 the Mambwe population in Tanzania was estimated to number 63,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ. The number of Mambwe in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe and Lungu
in Zambia was estimated to be 262,800 in 1993 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mgr. The mambwe people of Zambia are known to be great businessmen. They also distinguish the last names for males and females, like the Namwanga people, by applying prefixes "Si" and "Na" to be the first two letters of the last name e.g. Sinyangwe (Male) & Nanyangwe (Female), Sikasula (Male) & Nakasula (Female), Sinkamba (Male) & Nankamba (Female) etc.
A meal of beans ("chilemba") and okra ("kumbi") are a mambwe staple and delicacy.
The Mambwe language and Cilungu
, the Lungu language, are distinguished by minor dialect differences.The The Mambwe people are known to be poligamous (impali), although this trend is slowly changing with religious affiliations, and advancements in mordern schooling and trends. Like other African people, marriage is very important, although girls are known to marry earlier, often with pressure coming from parents and other relatives.
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
and northeastern Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. In 1987 the Mambwe population in Tanzania was estimated to number 63,000 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TZ. The number of Mambwe in Zambia has not been independently estimated, though the combined number of Mambwe and Lungu
Lungu
Lungu is a village in Käru Parish, Rapla County in western-central Estonia....
in Zambia was estimated to be 262,800 in 1993 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mgr. The mambwe people of Zambia are known to be great businessmen. They also distinguish the last names for males and females, like the Namwanga people, by applying prefixes "Si" and "Na" to be the first two letters of the last name e.g. Sinyangwe (Male) & Nanyangwe (Female), Sikasula (Male) & Nakasula (Female), Sinkamba (Male) & Nankamba (Female) etc.
A meal of beans ("chilemba") and okra ("kumbi") are a mambwe staple and delicacy.
The Mambwe language and Cilungu
Cilungu
The Mambwe and Lungu peoples living at the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Zambia speak a common language with minor dialectical differences. Perhaps half of the Fipa people to their north speak it as a native language...
, the Lungu language, are distinguished by minor dialect differences.The The Mambwe people are known to be poligamous (impali), although this trend is slowly changing with religious affiliations, and advancements in mordern schooling and trends. Like other African people, marriage is very important, although girls are known to marry earlier, often with pressure coming from parents and other relatives.