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The Nyakyusa and Ngonde are ethnically and culturally related people living in southwestern Tanzania and northern Malawi. They speak closely related Bantu languages, with minor dialectal differences in some regions. They are primarily rural people, earning their living from a combination of grain cultivation, banana/plantain gardens, cattle herding and seasonal migration to towns. Traditional Nyakyusa society was especially noted for its nucleated "age villages", a residential segregation of generations in adjoining communities.

Towards a better understanding of socio-economic change in 18th- and 19th-century Ungonde

Culture summary

The social structure of the Nyakyusa

The land rights of individuals among the Nyakyusa

The constitution of Ngonde

An introduction to Nyakyusa society

Good company

Rituals of kinship among the Nyakyusa

Communal rituals of the Nyakyusa

For men and elders

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Kalinga, Owen J. M.	Towards a better understanding of socio-economic change in 18th- and 19th-century Ungonde	1984
Kenny, Michael G.	Culture summary	2011
McKenny, Michael G.	The social structure of the Nyakyusa	1973
Wilson, Godfrey	The land rights of individuals among the Nyakyusa	1938
Wilson, Godfrey	The constitution of Ngonde	1939
Wilson, Godfrey	An introduction to Nyakyusa society	1936
Wilson, Monica Hunter	Good company	1951
Wilson, Monica Hunter	Rituals of kinship among the Nyakyusa	1957
Wilson, Monica Hunter	Communal rituals of the Nyakyusa	1959
Wilson, Monica Hunter	For men and elders	1977

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