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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Nyambe (section Chokwe people)
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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Culture of Angola (section Lunda-Chokwe)
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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Mbunda Kingdom (section Conflict with the Chokwe)
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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Gaza Province (section People and Education)
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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