The Makonde are an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Kenya. The Makonde developed their culture on the Mueda Plateau in Mozambique...
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Makonde, or Kimakonde, is the language spoken by the Makonde, an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Makonde is a central Bantu...
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name Makonde art refers to East African sculptures or, less frequently, to modern paintings created by craftspeople or artists belonging to the Makonde people...
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Makonde may refer to: Makonde people, an ethnic group from East Africa Makonde art, the art of the Makonde people Makonde language, the language spoken...
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Makonde chess sets are made by the Makonde people of southwest Tanzania and Mozambique, carved in the Makonde's distinctive style. Chess sets were originally...
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Region is home to one of the most infuluential people in Tanzania, the Makonde. Mtwara is home to Tanzania's 4th president Benjamin Mkapa and is home...
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The Makonde Plateau, also known as the Newala Plateau, is a plateau in southeastern Tanzania. It is mostly within Mtwara Region, with the northeast corner...
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patron and influence to many makonde carvers such as Samaki, and played a decisive role in the abstract shetani makonde movement from the early 1950s...
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Makonde District is a district in Zimbabwe. The district is located in Mashonaland West Province, in north central Zimbabwe. Its main town, Chinhoyi,...
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from the Makonde root verb kungunyala, meaning to dry up or become contorted. In concurrent research, Robinson[citation needed] glossed the Makonde term more...
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Makonde is an administrative ward in Lindi Municipal District of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The ward covers an area of 0.1537 km2 (0.0593 sq mi), and has...
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Chinhoyi (category Makonde District)
during the colonial era, is a city in central northern Zimbabwe in the Makonde District. It has a population of 90,800 and is primarily a college town...
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provinces of Nampula and Niassa. The region is an ethnic stronghold of the Makonde tribe, with the Makua and Mwani as leading ethnic minorities. Pemba is...
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area, Makonde is used, separated farther inland by a small strip of Makhuwa-speaking territory from an area where Yao or ChiYao is used. Makonde and Yao...
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the chest rather than the head of face; this includes those used by the Makonde people of East Africa in ndimu ceremonies. Ngil mask from Gabon or Cameroon;...
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Seke UMP (Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe) Wedza (Hwedza) Chegutu Hurungwe Kariba Makonde Mhondoro-Ngezi Sanyati Zvimba Bikita Chiredzi Chivi Gutu Masvingo Mwenezi...
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(Chiyao) (500,000) Nyungwe (Cinyungwe/Nhungue)(400,000) Tonga (400,000) Makonde (400,000) Nathembo (25,000) Ovambo (Ambo, Oshiwambo) (1,500,000) Herero...
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including (1m+): Shambala Sukuma Nyamwezi Chagga Ha Bena Gogo Haya Dholuo Makonde Nyaturu Maasai Jita Pare Ethnic groups Over 100 ethnic groups Religion...
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The Macomia Plateau lies to the south, across the Messalo River. The Makonde Plateau lies to the north, across the Ruvuma River in Tanzania. The plateau...
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a plate is also inserted into the upper lip. Other tribes, such as the Makonde of Tanzania and Mozambique, used to wear a plate in the upper lip only...
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The game of Bao in a Makonde ebony sculpture (Mwenge, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)...
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Swahili, Makhuwa, Sena, Ndau, Tswa-Ronga (Tsonga), Lomwe, Ekoti, Nahara, Makonde, Chopi, Chuwabu, Ronga, Kimwani, Nhungwe, Chimanika, Shona, Chiyao, Chichewa...
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Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts: Chegutu Hurungwe Kariba Makonde Mhondoro-Ngezi Sanyati Zvimba Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mashonaland...
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Mueda (category Makonde people)
Mueda [ˈmwɛða] is the largest town of the Makonde Plateau in northeastern Mozambique. It is the capital of the Mueda District in Cabo Delgado Province...
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are the numerous Portuguese words that have entered Shona, Tsonga and Makonde. Today, mixed race communities exist across the region, notably so in South...
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along with their Guthrie identifications are: Ruvuma (P20): Yao–Mwera Makonde: Makonde–Machinga, Mabiha Mbinga Ruhuhu (N10): Matengo, Mpoto Matandu (P10):...
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illustrator and author George Lilanga (1934–2005), painter and sculptor, of Makonde ethnicity Sungi Mlengeya (born 1991), self-taught painter focused on minimalistic...
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lipico or lipiko (plural : mapico or mapiko) is a mask or helmet of the Makonde of Mozambique. Mapico masks are worn for ceremonial dances during the rites...
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45 E, F, G, J, M, N, P Abakuria, Sukuma, Nyamwezi, Haya, Chaga, Gogo, Makonde, Ngoni, Matumbi, numerous others (majority Bantu) South Africa 55 75% 40...
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Shangaan (Tsonga) dominate in southern Mozambique. Other groups include Makonde, Yao, Swahili, Tonga, Chopi, and Nguni (including Zulu). The country is...
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