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The Chitimukulu is the King or Paramount Chief of the Bemba, the largest ethnic group in Zambia. [1] All Chitimukulus, as well as lesser Bemba chiefs, are members of the Bena Ng'andu (English: Crocodile Clan). Potential successors to the ruling Chikimukulu are chosen from the various Bemba chiefs. [2]
Zambia has many indigenous tribes spread across its ten provinces. [1] [failed verification] This is an incomplete list of these tribes arranged in alphabetical order:
Zambia is officially a "Christian nation" under the 1996 constitution, but recognizes and protects freedom of religion. [97] Zambia is the only African nation to designate Christianity as a state religion. [98] The Zambia Statistics Agency estimates that 95.5% of Zambians are Christian, with 75.3% Protestant and 20.2% Roman Catholic. [99]
A Bemba speaker, recorded in Zambia. The Bemba language (Ichibemba) is most closely related to the Bantu languages Kiswahili in East Africa, Kaonde in Zambia and the DRC, Luba in the DRC, and Nsenga and Chewa in Zambia and Malawi. In Zambia, Bemba is primarily spoken in the Northern, Luapula, and Copperbelt Provinces.
Lamba people (Zambia) Lambya people; Lenje people; List of Mbunda Chiefs in Zambia; Lozi people; Lukanga Twa; Lunda people; Lungu people; Luvale people; M. Mambwe people;
The following is a table of major ethnic groups (10 million people or more): Major ethnic groups Region Countries Language family Pop. (millions) ... Malawi, Zambia:
The Luvale people, also spelled Lovale, Balovale, Lubale, as well as Lwena or Luena in Angola, are a Bantu ethnic group found in northwestern Zambia and southeastern Angola. They are closely related to the Lunda and Ndembu to the northeast, but they also share cultural similarities to the Kaonde to the east, and to the Chokwe and Luchazi ...
Today the Lunda people comprise hundreds of subgroups such as the Akosa, Imbangala and Ndembu, and number approximately 800,000 in Angola, 1.1 million in the Congo, and 600,000 in Zambia. Most speak the Lunda language, Chilunda, except for the Kazembe-Lunda who have adopted the Bemba language of their neighbours. [1]