The Nyanga (also Banianga, Banyanga, Kinyanga, Nianga or Nyangas) are a Bantu people in the African Great Lakes region. Today they live predominantly in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the frontier with Rwanda and Uganda.[1] They speak the Nyanga language, also called Kinyanga, which is one of the Bantu languages. There are about 150,000 speakers of Nyanga according to a 1994 census, but most are also fluent in Swahili. Their national epic is the karisi Mwindo.
^James Stuart Olson, "Nyanga", The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996), 454.
The Nyanga (also Banianga, Banyanga, Kinyanga, Nianga or Nyangas) are a Bantu people in the African Great Lakes region. Today they live predominantly in...
Nyanga may mean: Nyanga Province, of Gabon Nyanga River, in Gabon and Congo Nyangapeople, an ethnic group from Congo Nyanga, Zimbabwe, a town Nyanga...
The Nyanga language (native name Kinyanga) is a language spoken by the Nyangapeople in Kivu province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo....
The Mwindo epic is an oral tale from the Congo told by the Nyangapeople. The origins and creation of the Mwindo epic are mostly unknown since the story...
of Nzambi a Mpungu (according to some legends). Mwindo: demigod from Nyangapeople. Ntikuma and his brothers: son of Anansi, spider god of Akan traditions...
Nyanga National Park lies in the north of Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands. One of the first national parks to be declared in the country, it contains the...
by the Nyangapeople (of the African Great Lakes) to oral poems of epic length. It is one of a number of oral genres recognized by the Nyanga; the best...
the people residing in the region. Fuliiru people Shi language Holoholo language Kabwari language Vira people Lega people Hunde peopleNyangapeople Amba...
people and of burning their houses. The Nande-dominate UPDI militia, a Nande militia called Mai-Mai Mazembe and a militia dominated by Nyangapeople,...
Gaspar Yanga — often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 – 1618) was an African who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz...
people and of burning their houses. The Nande-dominate UPDI militia, a Nande militia called Mai-Mai Mazembe and a militia dominated by Nyangapeople,...
The Nyanga bus accident occurred on 3 August 1991 and was Zimbabwe's worst traffic accident. 89 people died including the driver and 82 school children...
The Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages...
Republic of the Congo. Linguistically part of the Eshira, they live mostly in the upper basin of the Nyanga River.[citation needed] v t e v t e v t e...
above. Indeed, unlike that of the Hutus and Tutsis, the Havu, Hunde, Nande, Nyanga and Tembo communities each have their "Mwami" and their "Balu" or "Vakama"...
18.133°S 32.633°E / -18.133; 32.633 Ziwa is an archaeological site in Nyanga District, Zimbabwe, containing the remains of a vast late Iron Age agricultural...
The Hunde people also (Bahunde, Kobi, Rukobi) are descendants of Bantu people primarily inhabiting the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Yannick Nyanga (born 19 December 1983 in Kinshasa, Zaire) is a former professional rugby union player who played as a flanker for Racing 92 and France...
with militias made up of the autochtone populations (Nyangapeople, Hunde people, and Twa people), conducting a campaign aimed at forcibly removing the...
anti-Banyarwanda massacre by Hunde and Nyangapeople, Banyarwanda fought back, starting an ethnic conflict that killed 14,000 people. Mokoto monastery massacre May 12...
miles) from Mutare, or 110 kilometres (68 miles) from Nyanga. The Nyanga Mountains and the Nyanga National Park form the western boundary of the valley...
John Nyanga (13 May 1963 - 23 May 2016) was a Malawian comedian and actor better known by his stage name as Izeki. He rose to fame after associating with...
live in the city of Cape Town, and many people were removed from areas such as District Six to Gugulethu, Nyanga, and Langa. The predominant language in...
1996; he was also elected to the National Assembly as a PDG candidate in Nyanga Province in the December 1996 parliamentary election, and again in the December...
Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga (born 1994), Congolese footballer Nzinga, Nyanga, Gabon, in Nyanga Province Nzinga, Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon, in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo...
with country's major tourist attractions, the likes of Mutarazi Falls, Nyanga National Park and Zimbabwe's top three highest peaks. The province is divided...
known for their natural environment, with tourist destinations such as Nyanga, Troutbeck, Chimanimani, Vumba and Chirinda Forest at Mount Selinda. About...
Basenji A pair of red Basenjis Side profile of a red and white Basenji In Nyanga mythology, Rukuba was a talking Basenji and the pet of the fire god Nyamuriri...
away from the city centre of Cape Town. It is separated from neighbouring Nyanga and Gugulethu townships by a railway line to the east and from Hanover Park...
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