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The Lakeshore Tonga live on the western shore of Lake Malawi in the Northern Province of the Republic of Malawi. They are a heterogeneous people formed from at least four different groups who settled the area in the late 18th century.  The Tonga of Malawi are distinct from the people of the same name who live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. The Tonga language belongs to the Bantu family. The Tonga people also speak the language of the dominant ethnic group of the country. The Tonga practice a subsistence economy of fishing and gardening, supported by income from outside wage labor. The staple crop is cassava. The Tonga grow some crops for domestic or export markets. There are several rubber and tea estates in the region, which employ Tonga administrators and workers.

North-west Nyasa-Lundazi region

Culture summary

The politics of kinship

The missionary factor among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland

Notes on the history of the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland

The establishment of the administration in Tongaland

Labour migration as a positive factor in the continuity of Tonga tribal society

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Douglas, Mary Tew	North-west Nyasa-Lundazi region	1950
Skoggard, Ian A.	Culture summary	2001
Van Velsen, J.	The politics of kinship	1964
Van Velsen, J.	The missionary factor among the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland	1960
Van Velsen, J.	Notes on the history of the Lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland	1959
Van Velsen, J.	The establishment of the administration in Tongaland	1962
Van Velsen, J.	Labour migration as a positive factor in the continuity of Tonga tribal society	1961

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