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The Mang'anja are a Bantu people of central and southern Africa, particularly around Chikwawa in the Shire River valley of southern Malawi. They speak a dialect of the Nyanja language, and are a branch of the Amaravi people. As of 1996 their population was estimated at 2,486,070. [1]
The Chewa (like the Nyanja, Tumbuka, Senga, Nsenga, Mang'anja) are a remnant of the Maravi (Malawi) people or empire. [1] There are two large Chewa clans, the Phiri and Banda, [2] with a population of 1.5 million people. [3] The Phiri are associated with the kings and aristocracy, the Banda with healers and mystics.
In contemporary times, the Tumbuka people are officially Christian, but they retain their traditional beliefs and folklores. [5] The Tumbuka people have had a sophisticated traditional religion. It included the concept of a supreme creator called Chiuta symbolizing the sun, who Tumbuka faith holds was "self created and all knowing".
The Yao moved into what is now the eastern region of Malawi around the 1830s, [10] when they were active as farmers and traders. Rich in culture, tradition and music, the Yao are primarily Muslim, and count among their famous progeny two former Presidents of the Republic of Malawi, Bakili Muluzi and Joyce Banda. The Yao had close ties with the ...
Malawi is one of the world's least-developed countries. The economy is heavily based on agriculture, and it has a largely rural and growing population. Key indicators of progress in the economy, education, and healthcare were seen in 2007 and 2008. Malawi has a low life expectancy and high infant mortality.
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Chitumbuka is a Bantu language which is spoken in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. [3] It is also known as Tumbuka or Citumbuka — the chi-prefix in front of Tumbuka means "in the manner of" and is understood in this case to mean "the language of the Tumbuka people".