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The Twa of the Lukanga Swamp of Zambia are one of several fishing and hunter-gatherer castes living in a patron–client relationship with farming Bantu peoples across central and southern Africa. The Lukanga Twa live primarily among the Lenje, and speak the Lenje language.
In Southern Province, where swampy terrain means that large-scale crops cannot be planted near the main rivers, only the Twa fish. They exchanged their catch for agricultural produce from their patrons. Up to the 1920s the Twa built their huts on the marshes, but they were moved to higher ground for ease of taxation. By the 1970s many of the Twa identified as Lenje, and consequently abandoned fishing, as the Lenje have a strong cultural aversion to that activity. They have been replaced by immigrants to the region, primarily Luvale and Malawians.
The Twa of the Lukanga Swamp of Zambia are one of several fishing and hunter-gatherer castes living in a patron–client relationship with farming Bantu...
confuse the Twa with the San. The Twa of these countries live in swampy areas, such as the Twa fishermen of the Bangweulu Swamps, Lukanga Swamp, and Kafue...
Bantu language of central Zambia. The Lukanga dialect is spoken by the LukangaTwa Pygmies, fishermen of the Lukanga Swamp. Alternate names for the language...
Sala) Soli Lamba Lenje (incl. LukangaTwa) Subia (K40): Fwe (Sifwe), Kuhane (Subiya, Mbalang'we) Totela (K41 and K411) Kafue Twa may be Ila or Tonga. Nurse...
speak Bemba. The LukangaTwa of the Lukanga Swamp, Zambia, speak Lenje. The Kafwe Twa of the Kafue Flats, Zambia, speak Tonga. The Twa of Angola live among...
Bangweulu Twa, or the BaTwa of the Bangweulu swamps, are one of several groups of Twa living in Zambia. Others are Kafwe Twa and LukangaTwa. They are...
ago. The Twa people were split into two groups: the Kafwe Twa lived around the Kafue Flats and the LukangaTwa who lived around the Lukanga Swamp. Many...
The Twa people were split into two groups: The Kafwe Twa lived around the Kafue flats while the other, The LukangaTwa lived around the Lukanga Swamp...
(male average above 155 cm). Subgroups include the Echuya Twa, Mongo Twa, LukangaTwa and Kafwe Twa. African Pygmies are often assumed to be the direct descendants...
Tonga people and have also been said to be related to the Twa (or Batwa, Awatwa) of the Lukanga Swamps. Travellers who visited Lenje in the beginning of...
oxbow lakes and lagoons. It flows 20 km west of the permanent part of the Lukanga Swamp which fills a circular depression, and which drains through a channel...
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