Sociocultural Trends

Mats and Basketry

Ceramic Technology

Smiths and Their Crafts

Income and Demand

External Trade

Division of Labor by Gender

Bibliographies in Sources

Political Parties

Political Movements

Revolution

Aftermath of Combat

Reviews and Critiques

Cultural Participation

Theory of Disease

Life and Death

Cult of the Dead

Religious Experience

Prayers and Sacrifices

Missions

Location

Topography and Geology

External Migration

Labor Supply and Employment

Police

Social Control

Legal Norms

Legal and Judicial Personnel

Special Courts

Climate

Collecting

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Tillage

Diet

Water Supply

Production and Supply

Special Burial Practices and Funerals

Spirits and Gods

Purification and Atonement

Magic

Congregations

Organized Ceremonial

Priesthood

Real Property

Inheritance

Gender Status

Celibacy

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Speech

Linguistic Identification

Community Structure

Inter-Community Relations

Human Effects on Environment

Changes in Property Rights

Ingroup Antagonisms

History

Slavery

Multi-Ethnic Community Relations

Form and Rules of Government

External Relations

Internal Migration

Buying and Selling

Internal Trade

Government Regulation

Composition of Population

Economic Planning and Development

Settlement Patterns

Towns

Instigation of War

Accumulation of Wealth

Population

Ethnic Stratification

Research and Development

Public Welfare

Residence

Household

Education System

Music

Musical Instruments

Dance

Spectacles

Pharmaceuticals

Hospitals and Clinics

Sorcery

Medical Therapy

Medical Care

Revelation and Divination

Status, Role, and Prestige

Community Heads

Chief Executive

Architecture

Dwellings

Outbuildings

Building Interiors and Arrangement

Kinship Terminology

Kin Relationships

Lineages

Names of Animals and Things

Rules of Descent

Clans

Identification

Cultural Identity and Pride

Material Not Relevant

Mortality

Travel

Disasters

Religious Denominations

1710

Cultural Revitalization and Ethnogenesis

Polygamy

Puberty and Initiation

General Character of Religion

Majority

Gender Roles and Issues

Ornament

Personal Grooming

Jewelry Manufacture

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Woodworking

5310

Verbal Arts

5311

Visual Arts

Educational Theory and Methods

CULTURE SUMMARY: OVAMBO

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

CREDITS

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Ovambo are matrilineal people living in north-central Namibia and south-central Angola. They speak a variety of languages, collectively known as Oshiwambo, part the Southern Bantu group. Traditionally, Oshiwambo-speakers resided in scattered, palisaded homesteads within independent polities led either by a monarch or popularly-chosen community heads, but shared religious practices and an agro-pastoral subsistence pattern.

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