Senga people

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The Senga (also known as Tumbukas) are a Tumbuka group of people found in Zambia specifically in Chama District.

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Their predominant and primary language is Chitumbuka language. [1] Together with the Yombes and Malawi Tongas, the Sengas are one of the largest groups of the Tumbuka peoples.

Origins

Donald Fraser who visited part of Senga land in 1897 takes the view that the Senga are mainly Tumbuka and with a small number of partly of Bisa origin.

Politics

Leaders

Among the Tumbuka, political hierarchy is senior chief, chief, group headman (headman over more than one village) and the village headman.

Language

All Sengas speak Chitumbuka language [2] and Senga being sub group itself. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Miracle, Marvin P. (1963). "Ivory Trade and the Migration of the Northern Rhodesian Senga". Cahiers d'Études africaines. 3 (11): 424–434.
  2. ↑ "Glottolog 5.1 - Senga". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
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