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Regions with significant populations | |
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Malawi: 758,000, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique | |
Languages | |
Tumbuka, Ngoni, Chewa, Zulu, Nsenga, Venda Ndendeule, English, Portuguese | |
Religion | |
Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Sangoma, Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Nguni (especially Zulu) |
The Ngoni people are an ethnic group living in the present-day Southern African countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. The Ngoni trace their origins to the Nguni and Zulu people of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. The displacement of the Nguni people in the great scattering following the Zulu wars had repercussions in social reorganization as far north as Malawi and Zambia.[1]