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The Ovambo people (pronounced ⓘ), also called Aawambo, Ambo, Aawambo (Ndonga, Nghandjera, Kwambi, Kwaluudhi, Kolonghadhi, Mbalantu, mbadja), or Ovawambo (Kwanyama), are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily modern Namibia. They are the single largest ethnic group in Namibia, accounting for about half of the population. [3]
Olufuko is an Aawambo traditional practice where girls often as young as 12 are prepared for womanhood, including marriage and pregnancy, and caring for families. This practice is performed by an elderly man, known as Namunganga, and is accompanied by drumming and dancing.
Modern-day distribution of Oshiwambo speakers in Namibia An Ovambo speaker, recorded in Namibia.. The Ovambo (English: / ɒ ˈ v æ m b oʊ /) language is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people in southern Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga.
Cattle are the most valued domestic animals in the Herero culture, therefore cattle herding is the most significant and substantial activity for the Herero people. In the Herero culture the cattle herding and cattle trading activities are only conducted by males while females are responsible for milking cows, household chores, harvesting small ...
Nabot Manasse or Nabot Shiyoma (b.Ovamboland, Namibia — died 30 January 1958 [1]) was one of the first seven Ovambo pastors, whom the director of the Finnish Missionary Society, Matti Tarkkanen ordained into priesthood in Oniipa, Ovamboland, on 27 September 1925, with a permission granted by the Bishop of Tampere, Jaakko Gummerus.
Shilongo Filippus Uukule (1919 at Onyaanya – 2010) was senior headman of the Uukwanambwa, a clan of the Ovambo people in Namibia. [1] His residence is located in the Onyaanya Constituency of the Oshikoto Region. He led the Uukwanambwa for 31 years after his father's death and was the senior advisor of King Immanuel Elifas Kauluma of the ...
Kundudo (also spelt as Kondudo or Qundudo) is a flat-top mountain (or amba) in the Misraq Hararghe Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia.Part of the 13-kilometre (8 mi) range that bears its name, its summit lies east of the walled city of Harar, with a height of nearly 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).
[1] [2] South Africa has twelve official languages, but other indigenous languages are spoken by smaller groups, chiefly Khoisan languages. [ 3 ] Members of the middle class, who are predominantly white and Indian but whose ranks include growing numbers of other groups, have lifestyles similar in many respects to that of people found in Western ...