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Communities by the river fish it extensively, and many people travel from far afield to fish. Some Zambian towns on roads leading to the river levy unofficial "fish taxes" on people taking Zambezi fish to other parts of the country. Game fishing, as well as fishing for food, is a significant activity on some parts of the river.
According to vaDoma mythology, their ancestors emerged from a baobab tree.Upon descending from it, they walked upright to hunt and gather the fruits of the land. [4] The name vaDoma is also used in the Zambezi region for a semi-mythical people characterized as magical, capricious, hard to find, and living among the trees.
The Zambezi Region is one of Namibia's fourteen regions, situated in the north-eastern part of the country along the Zambezi River. The region's capital is Katima Mulilo . The Katima Mulilo Airport is 18 kilometres south-west of the town, while the village of Bukalo is located 43 kilometres south-east of Katima Mulilo. [ 5 ]
The Nyami Nyami is believed to protect the people and give them sustenance in difficult times. The River God is usually portrayed as male. Variously described as having the body of a snake and the head of a fish, a whirlpool or a river dragon, the Nyami Nyami is seen as the god of Zambezi Valley and the river before the creation of the Kariba Dam.
The West Zambezi GMA adjacent to the park is the largest in the country at 35,000 square kilometres. [ 1 ] [ citation needed ] The park occupies part of large plain lying between the Zambezi , the Cuando River (the upper Chobe River ), and the Caprivi Strip , called the Silowana Plains, lying south of the Barotse Floodplain .
Zambezi District is a district of Zambia, located in North-Western Province. The capital lies at Zambezi . As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 108,220 people. [ 1 ]
People from Katima Mulilo (6 P) Pages in category "People from Zambezi Region" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The Lower Zambezi National Park lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in southeastern Zambia. Until 1983 when the area was declared a national park, the area was the private game reserve of Zambia's president. This meant that the park was protected from mass tourism and now remains one of the few untouched wilderness areas left in Africa.