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Manyika
Manyika
Cluster
EthnicityAfrican
LocationZimbabwe, Mozambique
VarnaBlack
Parent tribeShona
Demonym
  • Wanyika
  • Manyika
  • Wasu
Branches5
Language
  • Manyika Urban Dialect
  • Manyika (Northern Manyika)
  • ChiBocha (Southern Manyika)
  • ChiJindwi
  • ChiHera
  • ChiUngwe
Religion
  • Christianity
  • African Traditional Religion (ATR)
  • Muslim
  • Non Religious

The Manyika tribe is a Shona sub-group that originated from Manyika Dynasty. Manyika people speak several dialects which include ChiManyika (Northern Manyika), ChiBocha (Southern Manyika), ChiUngwe, ChiHera, Chijindwi and the Urban dialect which is spoken in urban centers like Mutare and Rusape.

The majority of Manyika comes from the eastern region of Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. The dialect is widely spoken in Manicaland Province, upper parts of Mashonaland (Mutoko, Rushinga and Mudzi districts), Manica Province, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia. Those from Nyanga, Nyamaropa, Nyatate and surrounding regions speaks ChiManyika variant whereas those from the Buhera and Bocha areas spoke ChiHera and ChiBocha variants. There are inherent cultural norms in each of the sub-regions inhabited by the Manyika.

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the Manyika tribe and consolidated that control with the assistance of Mujuru, aka Rex Nhongo. Herbert Chitepo, who may have encouraged the Manyika revolt...

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Buhera District

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territory of the Hera and is reference to the fact that the Hera sub-tribe of the Manyika tribe lived in the area and in neighbouring Chikomba District. The vaHera...

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Buhera Central

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Manicaland province, primarily dominated by Hera and Bocha sub-tribes of the Manyika tribe. "Buhera Central results". ZEC. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-12-19...

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of the British Royal Navy MANICA Architecture, a architecture firm Manyika tribe, of eastern Zimbabwe This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

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Mutasa South

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Zimbabwe in the province of Manicaland. It is also the central area of the Manyika tribe. In 2008, the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai candidate...

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Zimunya

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well as the waHera in the west, the Ndau People to the south, with the Manyika People under Chief Mutasa to the north of Mutare. (Zimunya's pre-colonial...

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Rozvi Empire

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allied kingdoms and the ruling dynasty resulted in some kingdoms (e.g. Manyika) and chieftainships breaking away from the Empire. Internal palace revolutions...

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Ndau people

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Africa. The name "Ndau" means Land. Just like the Manyika people in northern Manicaland, their name Manyika also meaning "Owners of the Land", the name Ndau...

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Mthwakazi

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Robert Mugabe

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violence within the paramilitary group, predominately between members of the Manyika and Karange groups of Shona. In March 1975, Mugabe resolved to leave Rhodesia...

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Masvingo

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Harare. Most of the local population belongs to the Karanga and Manyika, Shona sub-tribes. The city is divided into suburbs including Mucheke, Rujeko, Rhodene...

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Gary Barnacle discography

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"Wanted" by Halo James (video only) (single) 1989 "Love You Feel" by Zeke Manyika (video only) (single) 1989 "Earthly Powers" by A Man Called Adam (1989;...

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Mozambique

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Rhodesian Bush War

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wing ZANLA were headed by Robert Mugabe and consisted primarily of Shona tribes. ZAPU and its military wing ZIPRA consisted mainly of Ndebele under Joshua...

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By 1918, they had finished the New Testament in four dialects: Ndau, Manyika, Zezuru, and Karanga.[citation needed] The Louws and some Sotho-speaking...

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Masvingo Province

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populated by members of the Karanga tribe, who are a sub-group of the Shona speaking tribes that also include the Zezuru, Manyika, and Ndau. The province is in...

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Soshangane

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Zimbabwe, where he conquered the Ndau (Vandau) and Manyika (Vamanyika). Some Gazan Nguni lived in various Manyika regions in Zimbabwe, like the Zindi, Samanga...

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List of contemporary ethnic groups

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Southern Rhodesia

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1911. As a result of the various treaties between the BSAC and the black tribes, Acts of Parliament delineating BSAC and Crown Lands, overlapping British...

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History of Zimbabwe

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explorer, first entered the area in 1511 from Sofala and encountered the Manyika people. He returned in 1513 and explored the northern region of the territory...

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Rudd Concession

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mfecane ("the crushing"), the Matabele quickly became the region's dominant tribe. In 1836, they negotiated a peace treaty with Sir Benjamin d'Urban, Governor...

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African literature

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Mangua (Kenya): Son of Woman (1971), A Tail in the Mouth Sarah Ladipo Manyika (Nigeria): In Dependence (2008) Dambudzo Marechera (Zimbabwe): The House...

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Noni Jabavu

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