Lungu people

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The Lungu people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in northern Zambia and southwestern Tanzania, known for their shared cultural and linguistic heritage with neighboring groups such as the Mambwe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lungu people canonical 5
Lwena people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
agriculturalCrops cassava
maize
millet
areLocatedNear Lake Tanganyika
border of Zambia and Tanzania
colonialHistory were under British colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia
were under German then British colonial rule in Tanganyika
continent Africa
country Tanzania
Zambia
culturalArea Northern Province, Zambia
Rukwa Region, Tanzania
linked to: Rukwa Region
ethnolinguisticRelation Bemba people
Mambwe people
geographicFeature Lake Tanganyika
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticGroup Mambwe-Lungu language cluster
modernReligionMix Christianity blended with traditional beliefs
neighboringGroup Bemba people
Fipa people
Mambwe people
Namwanga people
primaryRegion Northern Zambia
Southwestern Tanzania
region Great Lakes region of Africa
religion Christianity
traditional African religions
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Mambwe people
sharesLinguisticHeritageWith Mambwe people
socialOrganization patrilineal
subgroupOf Mambwe-Lungu
linked to: Mambwe
traditionalEconomy lake fishing on Lake Tanganyika
traditionalHousing thatched houses
traditionalLanguage Lungu language
traditionalLivelihood animal husbandry
fishing
subsistence farming
traditionalMusic drum-based music
usesClanSystem yes

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mambwe people areRelatedTo Lungu people
Lunda people relatedEthnicGroup Lwena people
linked to: Lungu people
Tanganyika Province hasEthnicGroup Lungu people
Namwanga people relatedEthnicGroup Lungu people
Mambwe-Lungu language spokenBy Lungu people