Traditional location of Tsonga people with dialectical differences and before the borders between Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini were imposed and the indigenous peoples were forcibly relocated by colonizers.
African traditional religion, Christianity, also Islam in Mozambique (17%)[citation needed]
Related ethnic groups
other Tswa-Ronga people and Nguni people
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The Tsonga people (Tsonga: Vatsonga) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily native to Southern Mozambique and South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga). They speak Xitsonga, a Southern Bantu language.
A very small number of Tsonga people are also found in Zimbabwe and Northern Eswatini. The Tsonga people of South Africa share some history with the Tsonga people of Southern Mozambique, and have similar cultural practices, but differ in the dialects spoken.
The Tsongapeople (Tsonga: Vatsonga) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily native to Southern Mozambique and South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga). They...
Tsonga (/ˈ(t)sɒŋɡə/ (T)SONG-gə) or, natively, Xitsonga, as an endonym, is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsongapeople of South Africa. It is mutually...
Look up tsonga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tsonga may refer to: Tsonga language, a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa Tsongapeople, a large...
family, with many also speaking chiTsonga and Portuguese as secondary languages. They are related to the Tsongapeople of Mozambique and South Africa and...
had been a home of the Tsongapeople and their Tsonga fish kraal. This is the original and the natural home of the Tsongapeople and they have lived here...
Giyani was established in the 1960s as the administrative center for the Tsongapeople. Giyani lies 470 km north-east of Johannesburg by road, 104 km from...
the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Tsongapeople. It was located in both the Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo province...
kingdom's authority over the Tsongapeople have also been rejected by Tsonga traditional leaders on the grounds that the Tsongapeople have been living outside...
this was after Kgoshi Magashula was satisfied that Albasini and his Tsongapeople were settling on his land with good intentions, that is, to join him...
Manyeleti, Protea Hotel Kruger Gate, Hoyo Hoyo Tsonga Lodge and may more in Southern Kruger. The Tsongapeople are still waiting to be given back these lands...
The Nguni people are a linguistic cultural group that migrated to South Africa, made up of Bantu ethnic groups from central Africa, with offshoots in neighboring...
numbers of Tsongapeople fled and settled at Valdezia and Bungeni. Around the 1840s, Joao Albasini, a Portuguese adventurer, joined the Tsongapeople and made...
indigenous peoples of Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The Shangaan tribe has recently also been accused of enforcing tribalism over the Tsongapeople of South...
Paul Shipokosa Mashatile (born 21 October 1961) is a South African politician who is the 9th Deputy President of South Africa. He became Deputy President...
Swati people Xhosa people Korana people Zulu people Shangana–Tsongapeople Sotho–Tswana people: Southern sotho Basotho Northern Sotho BaPedi people Batswana...
copies in the country. The music features Tsonga (or Shangaan) disco sound, which emerged in Penny's native Tsonga culture, fused with contemporary house...
xibelani dance (Shibelani, Shibelana, Shibelane) is an indigenous dance of the Tsonga women of the Limpopo province in northern South Africa. The name of the...
(1941–1997), American politician Tsongas Center Tsonga (disambiguation) Tsonga language This page lists people with the surname Tsongas. If an internal link intending...
Elim Hospital, it is situated in the Hlanganani district of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, alongside the R578 road to Giyani in the Limpopo...
Vhembe District Municipality (Venda: Masipala wa Tshiṱiriki tsha Vhembe; Tsonga: Masipala wa Xifundza xa Vhembe) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo...
Paul Efthemios Tsongas (/ˈsɒŋɡəs/ SAHN-gəss; February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United...
Sam Nzima (8 August 1934 in Lillydale, Bushbuckridge Local Municipality – 12 May 2018 in Nelspruit) was a South African photographer who took what became...
rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and poet. Madjozi incorporates the Tsonga culture through her music and public image. In 2019, Madjozi was named as...
The Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell (formerly the Tsongas Arena) is a multi-purpose facility owned by the University of Massachusetts Lowell and located...
Mozambique in 1963. The fourth of 16 sons of a chief of the Bantu-speaking Tsonga, Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was born in N'wajahani, district of Mandlakazi...
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