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    The Chokwe people, known by many other names (including Kioko, Bajokwe, Chibokwe, Kibokwe, Ciokwe, Cokwe or Badjok), are a Bantu ethnic group of Central...
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  • Chokwe (also known as Batshokwe, Ciokwe, Kioko, Kiokwe, Quioca, Quioco, Shioko, Tschiokloe or Tshokwe) is a Bantu language spoken by the Chokwe people...
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    elders in their society, Ngambi is also seen as the greatest Elder. The Chokwe people of northeast Angola believe in the Supreme God Nzambi (similar to the...
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    Chokwe Lumumba (/ˈʃoʊ.kweɪ.lʌˈmuːm.bɑː/; August 2, 1947 – February 25, 2014) was an American attorney, activist, and politician, who was affiliated with...
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  • Chokwe may refer to: Chokwe people, a Central African ethnic group Chokwe language, a Bantu language Chokwe or Tshokwe, Botswana, a village Chokwe, Malawi...
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    of non-Kongo ethnic groups such as the Chokwe people, which were then exported with the labor of Kongo people. Swedish missionaries entered the area in...
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  • war against the Chokwe people and an attempt to chase them out of the Mbundaland. He was killed within a few days after the Mbunda-Chokwe battle, having...
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    home bordered by the larger Luba state and the related Songye people and Chokwe people, with whom they share a very similar culture, history, and language...
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    Chókwè District is a district of Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique. Its principal town is Chokwe. The district is located in the south of the province...
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  • Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Minahan, James B. (2016). "Lunda-Chokwe". Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the...
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  • Congo Ilunga Katele, traditional culture hero, royal ancestor of the Chokwe people Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga (deceased), Catholic archbishop, Congo...
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    well-known example is the mwana pwo (literally, "young woman") of the Chokwe people (Angola), that mixes elements referring to feminine beauty (well-proportioned...
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    Chokwe Antar Lumumba (born March 29, 1983) is an American attorney, activist, and politician serving as the 53rd mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, the 7th...
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    languages or dialects include the Ovimbundu, Ambundu, Bakongo, Chokwe, Avambo and other peoples. There are over 100 distinct ethnic groups and languages/dialects...
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    province's population belongs to the ethnic groups of the Lunda and Chokwe people, which are closely connected historically. They are mainly involved...
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  • also share cultural similarities to the Kaonde to the east, and to the Chokwe and Luchazi, important groups of eastern Angola. The Luvale language belongs...
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    of the Lundas (Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul). Mongozo was brewed by the Chokwe people before the arrival of Europeans, and mongozo is now commercially produced...
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    Pepetela (category Living people)
    with Angolan culture, using the metaphor of traditional masks of the Chokwe people to expose different dichotomies present in Angolan culture. His novel...
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    colonial borders were drawn. The Mbunda and the Chokwe began fighting because it was believed the Chokwe assassinated King Mwene Katavola I Mwechela. His...
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    Lusona (category Articles containing Chokwe-language text)
    Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is mainly practiced by the Chokwe and Luchazi peoples. These ideographs function as mnemonic devices to help remember...
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  • Dundo Museum (category Chokwe)
    the heritage and culture of eastern Angolan groups, particularly the Chokwe people, and also has natural history and archaeological collections. Several...
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  • foundation aims to repatriate works of art and artifacts back to the Chokwe people in Angola, many of which were looted from museums during the civil war...
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  • Chikunga (category Chokwe)
    In the Chokwe people of Central Africa, the chikunga is a sacred ceremonial mask. Of the many ceremonial masks, the chikunga is considered to be the most...
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  • African Savanna: Luba, Songye, Chokwe, Luluwa ; [to accompany "Art and Power in the Central African Savanna: Luba, Songye, Chokwe, Luluwa", an exhibition ....
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  • Finn Kjelstrup (category People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway)
    probably made by the Chokwe people and depicts episodes in the life of a chieftain. It was given to Kjelstrup by the king of the Lunda people, Muata Yamva. Thereafter...
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    rivers to exceed their banks, inundating portions of the capital Maputo. At Chókwè, the Limpopo River reached a level of 6 m (20 ft) on January 24, twice its...
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    town of Chicualacuala. The province, including the towns of Xai-Xai and Chokwe, were greatly affected by the 2000 Mozambique flood amid the month-long...
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    double caryatid headrest from the Chokwe people. More recent gifts have been made by Perry E.H. Smith, including a Chokwe chair, and by H. Kelly Rollings...
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  • Tony Yarber (category Living people)
    Jackson in April 2014 from special election following the death in office of Chokwe Lumumba. A native of Jackson and experienced city councilor, Yarber is noted...
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  • single African culture, the book discusses the sona sand-drawings of the Chokwe people, in which a single self-crossing curve surrounds and separates a grid...
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