HISTORY LESSON

MaShona early recorded cultural dressing. The Shona people are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily Zimbabwe. They have five major clans

The identified five groups and subdivisions:

(1). The Korekore (or Northern Shona), including Taυara, Shangwe, Korekore, Goυa, Budya, the Korekore of Urungwe, the Korekore of Sipolilo, Tande, Nyongwe of "Darwin", and Pfungwe of Mrewa.

(2). The Zezuru group, including Shawasha, Haraυa, another Goυa, Nohwe, Hera, Njanja, Mbire, Nobvu, Vakwachikwakwa, Vakwazvimba, Tsunga.

(3). The Karanga group, including Duma, Jena, Mari, Goυera, Nogoυa, and Nyubi.

(4). The Manyika group, including Hungwe, Manyika themselves, Teυe, Unyama, Karombe, Nyamuka, Bunji, Domba, Nyatwe, Guta, Bvumba, Here, Jindwi, and Boca.

(5). The Ndau group (mostly in Mozambique), including Ndau, Garwe, Danda, and Shanga.

The Ndau dialect, which is somewhat mutually intelligible with the main Shona dialects, has click sounds which do not occur in standard Shona. Ndau has a wealth of Nguni words as a result of the Gaza Nguni occupation of their ancestral land in the 19th century.

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