Eating

Personal Names

Kin Relationships

Avoidance and Taboo

Lineages

Chief Executive

Settlement Patterns

External Trade

Status, Role, and Prestige

Classes

Slavery

Territorial Hierarchy

Taxation and Public Income

Military Installations

Morbidity

Magical and Mental Therapy

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Medical Therapy

Childbirth

Sorcery

Medical Personnel

Revelation and Divination

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Population

Household

Family Relationships

Polygamy

Sanctions

Travel

Bibliographies in Sources

Retail Marketing

Organization and Analysis of Results

Animism

Eschatology

Spirits and Gods

Religious Denominations

Missions

Regulation of Marriage

Residence

Reviews and Critiques

Form and Rules of Government

External Migration

Traditional History

External Relations

Political Parties

Revolution

Material Not Relevant

Production and Supply

Highways and Bridges

Warfare

Glossary

Kinship Terminology

Linguistic Identification

Topography and Geology

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Grounds

Soil

Domesticated Animals

Poultry Raising

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Vegetable Production

Arboriculture

Special Crops

Water Supply

Ethnic Stratification

Citizenship

Borrowing and Lending

Rules of Descent

Bilineal Kin Groups

Nonfulfillment of Obligations

Community Structure

Community Heads

Location

Climate

Property in Movables

Real Property

Inheritance

Mercantile Business

Business Cycles

Individual Enterprise

Organized Ceremonial

Ethnometeorology

Informal in-Group Justice

Legal Norms

Judicial Authority

Trial Procedure

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Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

Military Organization

Instigation of War

Division of Labor by Gender

Burial Practices and Funerals

Public Structures

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Alcoholic Beverages

Mats and Basketry

Woodworking

Ceramic Technology

Smiths and Their Crafts

General Tools

Utensils

Identification

Districts

CULTURE SUMMARY: OVIMBUNDU

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

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ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

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DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

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DOMESTIC UNIT

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The Ovimbundu are the largest ethnic group in Angola. They live in the Benguela Highlands (Bié Plateau) practicing shifting cultivation, primarily of maize and beans, raise domestic animals(cattle, goats, pigs, and fowl), and fish, hunt and trap in the dry season. The Ovimbundu were major traders in central Africa, operating Large caravans operated throughout the region. Trade items included slaves, ivory, domesticated animals, axes, hoes, guns, salt, skins, and maize. In precolonial times, Ovimbundu society included a king, other members of the ruling elite, freeborn, clients, and slaves.

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