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Encyclopedia > Shangaan

The Shangaan (Vatsonga or Vitsonga) are a large group of people living mainly in southern Mozambique in Maputo and in Gaza Province; there is also a large Shangaan grouping in Limpopo Province in South Africa. In South Africa the Shangaan are often called the Tsonga. They speak Tsonga, and European languages Portuguese, Afrikaans, and English. Shangaan are mostly Christians, divided into Catholics or Protestants in both Mozambique and South Africa generally, though some are in the Gaza Province and some in Mozambique. Map of Mozambique with Maputo highlighted Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. ... Gaza is a province of Mozambique. ... Capital Polokwane Largest city Polokwane Area  - Total Ranked 5th 123,900 km² Premier Mbhazima Shilowa (ANC) Population   - 2001   - 1996   - Density (2001) Ranked 4th 5,273,637 4,929,368 43/km² (Ranked 3rd) Languages Races Black (97. ... The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan. ... Look up Wiktionary:Swadesh lists for Afrikaans and Dutch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


The Shangaans once ruled the Gaza Empire, created by Soshangaane, whose capital was based in Mossurize on the present-day border with Zimbabwe. The Gaza Empire comprised parts of what is now south-eastern Zimbabwe, as well as extending from the Save River down to the southern part of Mozambique, covering parts of the current provinces of Sofala, Manica, Inhambane, Gaza and Maputo in Mozambique; and parts South Africa. Soshangaane moved the capital from Mossurize to Gaza Province. After his death, his son, Muzila came into power and after Muzila came Ngungunhane, who was imprisoned by the Portuguese in Mandlakazi (now Gaza Province) in 1895. The Save (or Sabi) river has its source in Zimbabwe, some 100 km south of Harare, flows south and then inflects to east, crossing Mozambique to flow into the Indian Ocean. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Mozambique ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Mozambique ... Inhambane is a city located in southern Mozambique, lying on Inhambane Bay. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


Popular culture

This history was adapted by John Buchan in his 1910 novel about an African uprising, Prester John. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940), was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. ...


References

  • Junod, Henri Alexandre. (1927). The Life of a South African Tribe. London (second edition).

External links

  • Ethnologue on Tsonga
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Ethnic groups in South Africa

Afrikaner · Anglo-African · Asians · Bushmen · Cape Coloured · Cape Malay · Coloured · Griqua · Ndebele · Sotho · Tsonga · Swazi · Tswana · Venda · Xhosa · Zulu This article is about the South African ethnic group. ... Anglo-Africans are primarily associated with Southern Africa and British ancestry. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Bushmen (also known as Basarwa in Tswana, or San in Nama) are an indigenous population of the Kalahari Desert, which spans South Africa and neighboring Botswana and Namibia as well as southern Angola. ... The Cape Coloureds are modern-day descendants of slaves imported into South Africa by Dutch settlers. ... The Cape Malay community is an ethnic group or community in South Africa, taking its name from what is now known as the Western Cape of South Africa and the people originally from the Malay archipelago who started this community in South Africa. ... In the South African and Namibian context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruine Afrikaners) refers to a rather heterogeneous group of people of mixed Khoisan, white European descent, Malay, Malagasy, Black (Bantu), and South Indian ancestry, especially in the Western Cape. ... The Griqua (Afrikaans Griekwa) are a subgroup of South Africas heterogeneous and multiracial Coloured people. ... The Ndebele people are three tribes or nations of people living in South Africa and Zimbabwe; there are three main groups of Ndebele: The Southern Transvaal Ndebele, who live around Bronkhorstspruit The Northern Transvaal Ndebele, who live in Limpopo Province (formerly Northern Transvaal or Northern Province) around the towns of... The Basotho (Sotho-speaking people) have lived in southern Africa since around the 15th century. ... Tswana (Motswana, plural Batswana) is the name of a Southern African people. ... Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo province. ... The Xhosa (IPA ) people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central southern parts of the country. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


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Shangaan (1256 words)
The Shangaan people are part of a larger language/people group also called the Tsonga (Vatsonga) because of the fame of the Tsonga (Shangaan) people.
One distinction however, is that the Shangaan people were among the first to be used as laborers in the diamond and gold mines of South Africa.
Thousands of Shangaan people were forced to flee their traditional way of life as farmers in the countryside to cramped conditions in the towns and cities.
Shangaan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (173 words)
The Shangaan (Vatsonga) are a large group of people living mainly in southern Mozambique in the provinces of Gaza and Maputo.
There is also a large Shangaan grouping in Limpopo Province in South Africa.
The Shangaans once ruled the Gaza Empire, created by Soshangaane, whose capital was based in Mossurize on the present-day border with Zimbabwe.
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